Deep crustal reflectors under Reydarfjördur, eastern Iceland: Crustal accretion above the Iceland mantle plume

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 277-290

  Smallwood, John R ^a,b   White, Robert S ^a,b   Staplest, Robert K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Amerada Hess Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Iceland; Layered media; Seismic reflection; Volcanic structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001269759     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246x.1998.00593.x     Document Type: Article

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