Seismic structure of Iceland from Rayleigh wave inversions and geodynamic implications

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 241, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 901-912

  Li, Aibing ^a   Detrick, Robert S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Crust; Hotspot; Iceland; Rayleigh wave; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

CRUST; GEODYNAMIC IMPLICATIONS; HOTSPOT; ICELAND; RAYLEIGH WAVE; UPPER MANTLE;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; ANISOTROPY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GEOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMIC WAVES; SHEAR WAVES;

SEISMOLOGY;

MANTLE PLUME; SEISMIC VELOCITY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ARCTIC; ICELAND;

EID: 30744463557     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.10.031     Document Type: Article

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