Crustal structure of the northern Reykjanes Ridge and Reykjanes Peninsula, southwest Iceland

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B4, 2001, Pages 6347-6368

  Weir, Nicholas R W ^a   White, Robert S ^a   Brandsdóttir, Bryndís ^b   Einarsson, Páll ^b   Shimamura, Hideki ^c   Shiobara, Hajime ^d   Darbyshire, Fiona ^a   Smallwood, John ^a   Staples, Robert ^a   Gunnarsson, Gunnar ^b   Hjörleifsdóttir, Vala ^b   Jónsdóttir, Kristín ^b   Mochizuki, Masashi ^d   Nakanishi, Ayako ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; OCEANIC CRUST; SEISMIC SURVEY; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ICELAND; REYKJANES PENINSULA; REYKJANES RIDGE;

EID: 0034929417     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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