Seismic structure and response of ocean-continent transition zones

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 319-334

  Hölker, Andreas B ^a   Manatschal, Gianreto ^b   Holliger, Klaus ^a   Bernoulli, Daniel ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Basement heterogeneity; Detachment faults; Magma poor rifted margins; Ocean continent transition (OCT); Seismic modeling

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ROCKS; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

MAGMA;

TECTONICS;

OCEAN-CONTINENT TRANSITION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; HOBBY HIGH;

EID: 0242627211     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025706125747     Document Type: Article

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