Isostasy of Africa
Bouguer gravity anomaly and topography data have been used to estimate the effective elastic thickness, Te, of the African lithosphere. The highest values (Te > 100 km) correlate with relatively old Archaean cratonic regions and the lowest (0 < Te < 10) with younger late Palaeoz...
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1996
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