High-velocity breakup-related sills in the Vøring Basin, off Norway

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B12, 2000, Pages 28443-28454

  Berndt, C ^a,c   Skogly, O P ^a,d   Planke, S ^a,e   Eldholm, O ^a   Mjelde, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d Norske Shell A S   (Norway)

^e Forskningsparken   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SILL; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; VORING BASIN;

EID: 0034473472     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900217     Document Type: Article

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