Seismic profiling across the Mendeleev Ridge at 82°N: Evidence of continental crust

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 165, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 527-544

  Lebedeva Ivanova, Nina N ^a,b   Zamansky, Yury Ya ^a   Langinen, Aldona E ^a   Sorokin, Michael Yu ^a  

^a Polar Marine Geological Research Expedition PMGRE   (Russian Federation)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Crustal structure; Mendeleev Ridge; Reflection seismology; Refraction seismology; Seismograms

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; CONTINENTAL CRUST; MOHO; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC SURVEY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; MENDELEYEV RIDGE;

EID: 33646033776     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.02859.x     Document Type: Article

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