S-wave structure of the Lofoten Margin, N. Norway, from wide-angle seismic data: A review

Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 231-244

  Mjelde, Rolf ^a   Sellevoll, Markvard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOGRAPH; S-WAVES; SEISMIC SURVEY;

NORWEGIAN SEA, LOFOTEN MARGIN;

EID: 0030439644     PISSN: 0029196X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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