On the use of teleseismic receiver functions for studying the crustal structure of Iceland

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 551-568

  Schlindwein, Vera ^a,b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Iceland; Mantle plume; Receiver function; Waveform analysis

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; HOT SPOT; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOGRAPH; TELESEISMIC WAVE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ARCTIC; ICELAND;

EID: 33646012587     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.02861.x     Document Type: Article

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