Crustal structure at the SE Greenland margin from wide-angle and normal incidence seismic data

Tectonophysics

Volumn 288, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 191-198

  Dahl Jensen, Trine ^a   Thybo, Hans ^b   Hopper, John ^a   Rosing, Minik ^c  

^a DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Continental margins; Deep seismic; Plate tectonics; Precambrian orogen; Underplating

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; PRECAMBRIAN SHIELD; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0031843195     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00292-8     Document Type: Article

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