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Thicknesses and types of the crust beneath the Sea of Japan inferred from marine and satellite gravimetric investigations

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The combined gravimetric, altimetric, and seismic data used for calculating the crust thickness beneath the Sea of Japan revealed its different types in this region: oceanic and continental with different degrees of destruction. It is shown that the crust thickness derived from satellite altimetry is well consistent with that calculated from the data obtained by on-board gravimetric observations.

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Original Russian Text © R.G. Kulinich, M.G. Valitov, 2011, published in Tikhookeanskaya Geologiya, 2011, Vol. 30, No. 6, pp. 3–13.

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Kulinich, R.G., Valitov, M.G. Thicknesses and types of the crust beneath the Sea of Japan inferred from marine and satellite gravimetric investigations. Russ. J. of Pac. Geol. 5, 481–491 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1819714011060078

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