Crustal thinning, mantle exhumation and serpentinization in the Porcupine Basin, offshore Ireland: Evidence from wide-angle seismic data

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 163, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 775-787

  O'Reilly, Bor M ^a   Hauser, F ^a,b   Ravaut, C ^a   Shannon, P M ^b   Readman, P W ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL THINNING; EXHUMATION; JURASSIC; MANTLE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMOGRAPH; SERPENTINIZATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; PORCUPINE BASIN; ROCKALL BASIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33748644271     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492005-079     Document Type: Article

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