Window into the Caledonian orogen: Structure of the crust beneath the East Shetland platform, United Kingdom

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1030-1041

  McBride, John H ^a   England, Richard W ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

CONTINENTAL RIFTING; DEEP SEISMIC REFLECTIONS; HIGH REFLECTIVITY; IMBRICATED THRUST STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; SEISMIC VELOCITY MODELS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT SYSTEMS; STRUCTURAL ORIENTATIONS;

REFLECTION;

CALEDONIAN OROGENY; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC SURVEY;

EAST SHETLAND PLATFORM; NORTH SEA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032725238     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1999)111<1030:WITCOS>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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