Crustal structure of northwestern Svalbard and the adjacent Yermak Plateau: Evidence for Oligocene detachment tectonics and non-volcanic breakup

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 139-159

  Ritzmann, Oliver ^a   Jokat, Wilfried ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Extension; Hotspots; Plateau; Seismic refraction; Svalbard; Yermak

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DETACHMENT FAULT; HOT SPOT; OLIGOCENE; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ARCTIC OCEAN; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 0037227477     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01836.x     Document Type: Article

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