A refraction seismic transect from Greenland To Ellesmere Island, Canada: The crustal structure in southern Nares Strait

Polarforschung

Volumn 74, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 97-112

  Funck, Thomas ^a,b   Jackson, H Ruth ^c   Dehler, Sonya A ^c   Reid, Ian D ^d  

^a DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FORWARD MODELING; INTRACRATONIC BASIN; MOHO; POISSON RATIO; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMOGRAPH; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BAFFIN BAY [ARCTIC OCEAN]; CANADA; CAPE COMBERMERE; ELLESMERE ISLAND; GREENLAND; MAKINSON INLET; NARES STRAIT; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; THULE AIR BASE;

EID: 33846488020     PISSN: 00322490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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