Imaging and regional distribution of basalt flows in the Faeroe-Shetland Basin

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 215-231

  White, Robert S ^a   Smallwood, John R ^b   Fliedner, Moritz M ^a   Boslaugh, Brian ^b   Maresh, Jenny ^a   Fruehn, Juergen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Amerada Hess Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CATCHMENTS; DATA REDUCTION; RAY TRACING; SEDIMENTS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

DIVING WAVES;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

BASALT; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FLOW; PRESTACK MIGRATION; SEISMIC REFLECTION; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0037532604     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2478.2003.00364.x     Document Type: Article

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