Three-dimensional image of the Moho undulations beneath the Gulf of Bothnia using wide-angle seismic data

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 461-471

  Riahi, M Ali ^a   Lund, C E ^b   Pedersen, Laust B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Shield; Moho; Reflection seismology

Indexed keywords

BABEL; MOHO; SEISMIC REFLECTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

BALTIC SEA, GULF OF BOTHNIA;

EID: 0030751406     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb01596.x     Document Type: Article

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