Färoe-Iceland Ridge Experiment: 1. Crustal structure of northeastern Iceland

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B4, 1997, Pages 7849-7866

  Staples, Robert K ^a   White, Robert S ^a   Brandsdóttir, Bryndis ^b   Menke, William ^c   Maguire, Peter K H ^d   McBride, John H ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; HOT SPOT; HOTSPOTS; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; SEISMIC VELOCITY STRUCTURE; VOLCANISM;

ICELAND;

EID: 0030802712     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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