Upper-mantle reflectors: Modelling of seismic wavefield characteristics and tectonic implications

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 664-682

  Hansen, T M ^a   Balling, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Eclogite; Reflection seismology; Refraction seismology; Remnant subduction; Shear zones; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC SURVEY; UPPER MANTLE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 2542624431     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02217.x     Document Type: Article

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