Seismic results at kola and KTB deep scientific boreholes: Velocities, reflections, fluids, and crustal composition

Tectonophysics

Volumn 329, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 301-317

  Smithson, S B ^a   Wenzel, F ^b   Ganchin, Y V ^a   Morozov, I B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crustal seismic reflections; Kola and KTB deep scientific boreholes; Seismic propogation

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEEP DRILLING; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

GERMANY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0035052056     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(00)00200-6     Document Type: Article

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