Seismic volcanostratigraphy of large-volume basaltic extrusive complexes on rifted margins

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B8, 2000, Pages 19335-19351

  Planke, Sverre ^a,c   Symonds, Philip A ^b   Alvestad, Eivind ^a,d   Skogseid, Jakob ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c Forskningsparken   (Norway)

^d PGS Exploration   (Norway)

^e STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIFT ZONE; SEISMIC SURVEY; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANO;

EID: 0034632579     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900005     Document Type: Article

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