Surface wave tomography of the Barents Sea and surrounding regions

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 441-459

  Levshin, Anatoli L ^a   Schweitzer, Johannes ^b   Weidle, Christian ^c   Shapiro, Nikolai M ^a,d   Ritzwoller, Michael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NORSAR   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; European Arctic; Lithosphere; Surface waves; Tomography; Upper mantle

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; LOVE WAVE; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SURFACE WAVE; UPPER MANTLE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA;

EID: 34447288296     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03285.x     Document Type: Article

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