The deep-seismic image of the crustal structure of the Tornquist Zone beneath the Skagerrak Sea, northwestern Europe

Tectonophysics

Volumn 287, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 139-155

  Lie, J E ^a,c   Andersson, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c Saga Petroleum as   (Norway)

Author keywords

Deep seismic sounding; Extension tectonics; Moho discontinuity; Skagerrak; Tornquist Zone

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC IMAGING;

NORTH SEA, SKAGERRAK;

EID: 0031869939     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)80065-6     Document Type: Article

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