Imaging the mantle beneath Iceland using integrated seismological techniques

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2002, Pages

  Allen, Richard M ^a,b   Nolet, Guust ^a   Morgan, W Jason ^a   Vogfjörd, Kristín ^c   Bergsson, Bergur H ^c   Erlendsson, Pálmi ^c   Foulger, G R ^d   Jakobsdóttir, Steinunn ^c   Julian, Bruce R ^e   Pritchard, Matt ^d   Ragnarsson, Sturla ^c   Stefánsson, Ragnar ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE   (Iceland)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body waves; Iceland; Mantle structure; Plume; Surface waves; Tomographic imaging

Indexed keywords

HOT SPOT; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

ICELAND;

EID: 17944392509     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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