Crustal structure and evolution of the southern Vøring Basin and Vøring Transform Margin, NE Atlantic

Tectonophysics

Volumn 415, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 167-202

  Raum, T ^a   Mjelde, Rolf ^a,f   Shimamura, H ^b   Murai, Y ^b   Brastein E ^c   Karpuz, R M ^d   Kravik, K ^e   Kolsto H J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Norwegian Petroleum Department   (Norway)

^d STATOIL   (Norway)

^e TOTAL   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

COT; Eclogitized rocks; Wide angle refraction

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; NORWEGIAN SEA; VORING BASIN;

EID: 33644983241     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2005.12.008     Document Type: Article

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