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The origin of such inhomogeneities can be related to the process of continental crust formation.doi:10.1134/s1819714011050083V.N.SenachinA.A.BaranovRussian Journal of Pacific Geology
Lateral density inhomogeneities of the continental and oceanic lithosphere and their relationship with the Earth’s crust formation Journal Russian Journal of Pacific Geology Volume 5, Issue 5 , pp 369-379 Cover Date 2011-10-01 DOI 10.1134/S1819714011050083 Print ISSN 1819-7140 Online ISSN 1819...
The range of gravity anomaly values is 10–565 mGal. The gravity anomaly value is the highest in the SCSB, gradually decreases towards surrounding trenches and island arcs, and becomes the lowest in the continental area. This phenomenon may be related to the thin oceanic crust in the SCS [...