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A crustal section across the Eastern Alps based on gravity and seismic refraction data

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Existing gravity and seismic refraction data are used to deduce a crustal cross section across the Eastern Alps along the meridian 11°.4 East. The results suggest that a high density body of the Ivrea type is present under the southern margin of the Alps, that the Apennines do not have a crustal root extending to a depth of 50 km and that a profound discontinuity extending to the base of the crust exists between the Apennines and the Po Valley.

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  1. Geophysikalisches Institut, Universität Fridericiana, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Stephan Mueller

  2. Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory of Columbia University, Palisades, N.Y.

    Manik Talwani

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Mueller, S., Talwani, M. A crustal section across the Eastern Alps based on gravity and seismic refraction data. PAGEOPH 85, 226–239 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00875411

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