Seismic velocities of the uppermost igneous crust versus age

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 631-635

  Grevemeyer, Ingo ^a   Weigel, Wilfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crust; Mid ocean ridges; Seismic refraction; Seismic velocities

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC BASEMENT; CRUSTAL AGE; MID OCEAN RIDGE; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

EID: 0029753662     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb07041.x     Document Type: Article

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