Velocity structure of the UK continental shelf from a compilation of wide-angle and refraction data

Geological Magazine

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 453-467

  Clegg, Barbara ^a   England, Richard ^b  

^a Department of Earth Sciences ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Britain; Crustal structure; Deep seismic sounding; Ireland; Seismic velocity

Indexed keywords

SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TOPOGRAPHY;

BRITAIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEEP SEISMIC SOUNDING; IRELAND; SEISMIC VELOCITIES;

VELOCITY;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEEP SEISMIC SOUNDING; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0141595944     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756803007866     Document Type: Article

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