Crustal structure beneath the Faroe Islands and the Faroe-Iceland Ridge

Tectonophysics

Volumn 300, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 159-180

  Richardson, K R ^a   Smallwood, J R ^a   White, R S ^a   Snyder, D B ^b   Maguire, P K H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Brit Institutes Reflections P   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Geological Sciences ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Gravity; North Atlantic; Rifting; Seismic refraction; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC REFRACTION; TECTONICS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032585439     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00239-X     Document Type: Article

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