Vertical seismic profile results from the Kola Superdeep Borehole, Russia

Tectonophysics

Volumn 264, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 295-307

  Carr, B J ^a,g   Smithson, S B ^a   Kareav, N ^b   Ronin, A ^b   Garipov, V ^c   Kristofferson, Y ^d   Digranes, P ^d   Smythe, D ^e   Gillen, C ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b VIRG Rudgeofizika   (Russian Federation)

^c Russian Committee of Geology   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^g OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crystalline; Crystalline pore fluids; Kola Superdeep Borehole; Mode converted; Reflectivity; Vertical seismic profiling

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE ROCK; DEEP DRILLING; KOLA SUPERDEEP BOREHOLE; PRECAMBRIAN; REFLECTIVITY; VERTICAL SEISMIC PROFILING;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION, KOLA PENINSULA;

EID: 0030428286     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(96)00133-3     Document Type: Article

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