Crustal-scale structure of the South Caspian Basin revealed by deep seismic reflection profiling

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1073-1081

  Knapp, Camelia C ^a,b,c   Knapp, James H ^a,b   Connor, John A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR EARTH PHYSICS   (Romania)

^d COPA Ltd ^*  (Azerbaijan)

Author keywords

Reflection profiling; South Caspian basin; Subduction

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL-SCALE STRUCTURE; DEEP SEISMIC REFLECTION PROFILES;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DATA ACQUISITION; MARINE BIOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC SURVEY; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

CASPIAN BASIN; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; WORLD;

EID: 11144252896     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2003.04.002     Document Type: Article

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