Unusual sub-Moho events near Bornholm, Baltic Sea: Modelling of BABEL seismic wide-angle data and a tectonic interpretation

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 193-198

  Krishna, V G ^a   Meissner, R ^b   Thomas, S A ^b  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Fault tectonics; Mantle discontinuities; Ray tracing

Indexed keywords

BABEL PROJECT; CRUSTAL FAULT; EARTH MANTLE; FAULT TECTONICS; LISTRIC FAULT; MANTLE (UPPER); SEISMIC DISCONTINUITIES; SUB MOHO EVENT; SUB-MOHO EVENTS;

BALTIC SEA; DENMARK, BORNHOLM;

EID: 0029729998     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb06545.x     Document Type: Article

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