Crustal structure of the Makarov Basin, Arctic Ocean determined by seismic refraction

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 168, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 187-199

  Sorokin, M Yu ^a   Zamansky, Yu Ya ^a   Langinen, A Ye ^a   Jackson, H R ^b   Macnab, Ron ^b  

^a Polar Mar Geol Research Expedition   (Russian Federation)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Oceanic crust; Seismic profiles; Velocity structure

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC REFRACTION; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033617560     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00049-7     Document Type: Article

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