Crustal model of the Bransfield Rift, West Antarctica, from detailed OBS refraction experiments

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 506-518

  Grad, M ^a   Shiobara, H ^b   Janik, T ^c   Guterch, A ^c   Shimamura, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bransfield Rift; Crustal structure; OBS refraction experiment; Seismic modelling; West Antarctica

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETRY; RIFT; RIFT ZONES; SEISMIC REFRACTION;

SOUTHERN OCEAN, BRANSFIELD RIFT;

EID: 0030667087     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb05665.x     Document Type: Article

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