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On the More Complex Wavelength Dependency of Airy Isostasy in Icy Shells of Ocean Worlds

open access: yesGeophysical Research Letters, 2023
The topography of ocean worlds is often used to infer ice shell thicknesses by assuming topography is compensated by a basal root. We systematically test the stability of isostatically compensated topography in ice shells. At short horizontal wavelengths,
Wesley S. Tucker, Andrew J. Dombard
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Moho topography, ranges and folds of Tibet by analysis of global gravity models and GOCE data. [PDF]

open access: yesSci Rep, 2015
The determination of the crustal structure is essential in geophysics, as it gives insight into the geohistory, tectonic environment, geohazard mitigation, etc.
Shin YH   +8 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

The Role of Isostasy in the Evolution and Architecture of Fold and Thrust Belts

open access: yesLithosphere, 2023
Warmer conditions prevalent in the hinterland of orogenic systems facilitate local ductile flow underneath the surface load, making Airy-like local isostasy more prevalent in these domains.
Youseph Ibrahim, Patrice F. Rey
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Isostasy with Love: II Airy compensation arising from viscoelastic relaxation [PDF]

open access: yesGeophysical Journal International, 2021
SUMMARYIn modern geodynamics, isostasy can be viewed either as the static equilibrium of the crust that minimizes deviatoric stresses, or as a dynamic process resulting from the viscous relaxation of the non-hydrostatic crustal shape. Paper I gave a general formulation of Airy isostasy as an elastic loading problem solved with Love numbers, and applied
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Gravity‐Derived Antarctic Crustal Thickness Based on the Gauss‐FFT Method

open access: yesGeochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2022
The information on crustal thickness in Antarctica can provide significant constraints on its crustal deformation and tectonic evolution. To generate reliable images of crustal features, we investigate the model of Moho depth and crustal thickness ...
Fei Ji, Leyuan Wu, Qiao Zhang
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Assessment of petroleum system of Arabian–Iranian Basin in Kuwait

open access: yesAll Earth, 2021
Kuwait lies in the southwestern corner of the Mesopotamian Foredeep Basin of the Arabian Platform which extends between the Interior Platform in the west and Zagros Fold Belt at the east.
Najeeb S. Aladwani
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Estimating the lithospheric flexure of a plate with non-uniform flexural rigidity: a quantitative modelling approach

open access: yesEarth, Planets and Space, 2021
Lithospheric deformation is a fundamental process in plate tectonics. It is, therefore, critical to determine how the lithosphere responds to geological loads to better understand tectonic processes.
Ming-Ju Xu   +5 more
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Quantification of Erosion and Uplift in a Rising Orogen—A Large-Scale Perspective (Late Tortonian to Present): The Case of the Gibraltar Arc, Betic Cordillera, Southern Spain

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2020
The present study deals with the morphometric quantification of erosion and illustrates the uplift component triggered by denudation (isostasy) in the growth and evolution of a rising orogeny by the application of Airy isostasy concepts.
Javier Elez   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Global Whole Lithosphere Isostasy: Implications for Surface Elevations, Structure, Strength, and Densities of the Continental Lithosphere

open access: yesGeochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2020
The observed variations in the thickness of the conductive lithosphere, derived from surface wave studies, have a first‐order control on the elevation of the continents, in addition to variations in the thickness of the crust—this defines whole ...
Simon Lamb   +3 more
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Cenozoic evolution of the eastern Black Sea: a test of depth-dependent stretching models [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Subsidence analysis of the eastern Black Sea basin suggests that the stratigraphy of this deep, extensional basin can be explained by a predominantly pure-shear stretching history.
Edwards, Glyn R.H.   +6 more
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