Seismic tomography study of a bottom simulating reflector off the South Shetland Islands (Antarctica)

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 137, Issue , 1998, Pages 141-151

  Tinivella, U ^a   Lodolo, E ^a   Camerlenghi, A ^a   Boehm, G ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; GAS HYDRATE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0032323811     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.137.01.11     Document Type: Article

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