The anatomy of a buried complex impact structure: The Mjølnir Structure, Barents Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue B12, 1998, Pages 30469-30483

  Tsikalas, Filippos ^a   Gudlaugsson, Steinar Thor ^a,b   Faleide, Jan Inge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b National Energy Authority Reykjavik   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; IMPACT STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

BARENTS SEA; MJOLNIR STRUCTURE;

EID: 0032506730     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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