Potential field modelling of the Baltica-Avalonia (Thor-Tornquist) suture beneath the southern North Sea

Tectonophysics

Volumn 360, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 47-60

  Williamson, J P ^a   Pharaoh, T C ^a   Banka, D ^b   Thybo, H ^c   Laigle, M ^d   Lee, M K ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b Naturwissenschaften eV ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d IGPG   (France)

Author keywords

Baltica Avalonia; Field modelling; North Sea

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GRAVITY; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; SUTURE ZONE;

EUROPE; NORTH SEA;

EID: 0036443850     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(02)00346-3     Document Type: Article

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