A wide-angle seismic traverse through the Variscan of southwest Ireland

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 689-705

  Masson, F ^a   Jacob, A W B ^b   Prodehl, C ^a   Readman, P W ^b   Shannon, P M ^c   Schulze, A ^d   Enderle, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERCYNIAN OROGENY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

IRELAND;

EID: 0032433479     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1998.00572.x     Document Type: Article

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