MONA LISA - Deep seismic investigations of the lithosphere in the southeastern North Sea

Tectonophysics

Volumn 269, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 1-19

  Abramovitz, T ^a   Berthelsen, A ^a   Schjoth F ^a   Thybo, H ^a   Balling, N ^b   Nielsen, L ^b   Flueh, E R ^c   Hubinger S ^c   Reston, T ^c   Pedersen, L B ^d   Schmidt, J ^d   England, R W ^e   Hobbs, R W ^e   Maguire, P K H ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caledonian Orogeny; Central Graben, North Sea; Deep seismic sounding; Suture zones; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

CALEDONIAN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC SURVEY; SEISMIC SURVEYS; SUTURE ZONE;

NORTH SEA, CENTRAL GRABEN;

EID: 0030746487     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(96)00111-4     Document Type: Article

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