Crustal structure of the southeast Greenland margin from joint refraction and reflection seismic tomography

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B9, 2000, Pages 21591-21614

  Korenaga, J ^a,b   Holbrook, W S ^c   Kent, G M ^d   Kelemen, P B ^b   Detrick, R S ^b   Larsen, H C ^e   Hopper, J R ^e   Dahl Jensen, T ^e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PROCEDURES AND TECHNIQUES; CRUST STRUCTURE; EUROPE; GREENLAND; MODEL; SEISMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; VELOCITY;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC REFRACTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SOUTHEAST GREENLAND MARGIN;

EID: 0034633222     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900188     Document Type: Article

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