Seismic crustal structure of Galicia continental margin, NW Iberian Peninsula

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1061-1064

  González, Antonio ^a   Córdoba, Diego ^b   Vales, Dina ^c  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; SURVEYS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER; VELOCITY;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; CRUSTAL THINNING; DEEP STRUCTURE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SEISMIC REFLECTIONS; VERTICAL SEISMIC;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY;

GALICIA CONTINENTAL MARGIN; SEISMIC CRUSTAL STRUCTURE;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0344069694     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900193     Document Type: Article

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