Compressional and shear velocity structure of the lithosphere in northern Iceland

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1561-1571

  Menke, William ^a,b   West, Michael ^a,b   Brandsdóttir, Bryndís ^c   Sparks, David ^a  

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

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SHEAR; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ICELAND;

EID: 0032439353     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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