Crustal structure of the Lofoten Margin, N. Norway, from normal incidence and wide-angle seismic data: A review

Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 187-198

  Mjelde, Rolf ^a   Kodaira, Shuichi ^a,b   Sellevoll, Markvard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FLOOD BASALT; FLOOD BASALTS; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

NORWEGIAN SEA, LOFOTEN MARGIN;

EID: 0030498627     PISSN: 0029196X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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