Seismic refraction investigations on the crustal structure of the western Jameson Land Basin, East Greenland

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 15867-15881

  Fechner, Notker ^a   Jokat, Wilfried ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUST/MANTLE BOUNDARY; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC REFRACTION;

GREENLAND, EAST GREENLAND, JAMESON LAND BASIN;

EID: 0030481913     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jb00808     Document Type: Article

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