Crust and mantle of the Gulf of Mexico
Nature
By: G. W. Moore
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Abstract
A SEEMING paradox has puzzled investigators of the crustal structure of the Gulf of Mexico since Ewing et al.1 calculated that a unit area of the rather thick crust in the gulf contains less mass than does a combination of the crust and enough of the upper mantle to make a comparable thickness in the Atlantic Ocean. They also noted that the free-air gravity of the gulf is essentially normal and fails by a large factor to be low enough to reflect the mass difference that they calculated. We propose a solution to this problem.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Crust and mantle of the Gulf of Mexico |
| Series title | Nature |
| DOI | 10.1038/238452b0 |
| Volume | 238 |
| Issue | 5365 |
| Year Published | 1972 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Nature |
| Description | 2 p. |
| First page | 452 |
| Last page | 453 |
| Country | Mexico, United States |
| Other Geospatial | Gulf of Mexico |