Crustal structure of the Lofoten-Vesterålen continental margin, off Norway

Tectonophysics

Volumn 404, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 151-174

  Tsikalas, Filippos ^a   Eldholm, Olav ^b   Faleide, Jan Inge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Gravity modelling; Lofoten Vester len margin; Norwegian margin; Passive continental margins

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GRAVITY SURVEY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; LOFOTEN MARGIN; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; NORWEGIAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; SCANDINAVIA; VESTERALEN; WORLD;

EID: 21844465626     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2005.04.002     Document Type: Article

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