Reinterpretation of the RRISP-77 Iceland shear-wave profiles

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 166-172

  Menke, William ^a   Brandsdóttir, Bryndís ^b   Einarsson, Páll ^b   Bjarnason, Ingi Th ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Crust; Iceland; Reykjanes Ridge; S waves

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THICKNESS; RRISP-77 DATA; S WAVE; S-WAVES; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC, REYKJANES RIDGE; ICELAND;

EID: 0030479092     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb05275.x     Document Type: Article

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