Estimating a combined Moho model for marine areas via satellite altimetric : gravity and seismic crustal models

• Published in: Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica
• Main Authors: Abrehdary, Majid, Sjöberg, Lars Erik
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Högskolan Väst, Avdelningen för Matematik, Data- och Lantmäteriteknik 2020
• Subjects: Moho density contrast; Moho depth; satellite altimetry; uncertainty; Vening Meinesz-Moritz; Geophysics; Geofysik; Kolbeinsey; Kolbeinsey Ridge; Iceland
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-14873; https://doi.org/10.1007/s11200-019-1067-0

Isostasy is a key concept in geoscience in interpreting the state of mass balance between the Earth's lithosphere and viscous asthenosphere. A more satisfactory test of isostasy is to determine the depth to and density contrast between crust and mantle at the Moho discontinuity (Moho). Generall...