The Cenozoic uplift and earthquake belt of mainland Britain as a response to an underlying hot, low-density upper mantle

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-29

  Bott, Martin H P ^a   Bott, Jacqueline D J ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cenozoic; Earthquakes; Great Britain; Theoretical models; Uplifts

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; DENSITY; EARTHQUAKE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; UPLIFT; UPPER MANTLE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 0742267684     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764903-014     Document Type: Article

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