Gravity and S-wave modelling across the Jan Mayen Ridge, North Atlantic; implications for crustal lithology

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-41

  Mjelde, Rolf ^a   Eckhoff, Inger ^a   Solbakken, Ståle ^a   Kodaira, Shuichi ^b,c   Shimamura, Hideki ^b   Gunnarsson, Karl ^d   Nakanishi, Ayako ^b,c   Shiobara, Hajime ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d National Energy Authority Reykjavik   (Iceland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITATION; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY;

CRUSTAL LITHOGRAPHY; GRAVITY MODELLING; SEISMIC MODELS; SERPENTIZATION; UPPER MANTLE PERIODITITIES;

LITHOLOGY;

GRAVITY; LITHOLOGY; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; MODELING; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; UPPER MANTLE;

ARCTIC; JAN MAYEN; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 33947388387     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11001-006-9012-3     Document Type: Article

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