Crustal structure beneath western and eastern Iceland from surface waves and receiver functions

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 349-363

  Du, Zhijun ^a   Foulger, G R ^b   Julian, B R ^c   Allen, R M ^d   Nolet, G ^d   Morgan, W J ^d   Bergsson, B H ^e   Erlendsson, P ^e   Jakobsdottir, S ^e   Ragnarsson, S ^e   Stefansson, R ^e   Vogfjord, K ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ICELANDIC METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE   (Iceland)

^f National Energy Authority Reykjavik   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Crustal thickness; Iceland; Receiver functions; Surface waves

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SURFACE WAVE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ICELAND;

EID: 18344380085     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2002.01642.x     Document Type: Article

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