A three-dimensional geophysical model of the crust in the Barents Sea region: Model construction and basement characterization

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 417-435

  Ritzmann, Oliver ^a   Maercklin, Nils ^b   Inge Faleide, Jan ^a,b   Bungum, Hilmar ^b   Mooney, Walter D ^c   Detweiler, Shane T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORSAR   (Norway)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barents Sea; Crustal structure; Density; Mohodiscontinuity; Sedimentary basin; Seismic velocities

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; P-WAVE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VELOCITY PROFILE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ARKHANGELSK [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; BARENTS SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; FRANZ JOSEF LAND; GREENLAND SEA; KARA SEA; KOLA PENINSULA; MURMANSK [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; NORWEGIAN SEA; NOVAYA ZEMLYA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; RUSSIAN PLATFORM; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 34447291614     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03337.x     Document Type: Article

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