A preliminary model of the crustal structure of the eastern Finland Archaean Complex between Vartius and Vieremä, based on constraints from surface geology and FIRE 1 seismic survey

Special Paper of the Geological Survey of Finland

Volumn , Issue 43, 2006, Pages 223-240

  Kontinen, Asko ^a   Paavola, Jorma ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

(GeoRef Thesaurus, AGI): Crust; Archaean; Block structures; Deep seismic sounding; Deep seated structures; Eastern Finland; FIRE; Reflection methods; Tectonics; Two dimensional models

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; CRATON; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEEP SEISMIC SOUNDING; DIABASE; DIKE; OROGENY; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC SURVEY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUTURE ZONE; XENOLITH;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33845317919     PISSN: 07828535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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