Seismic characterization of basalt flows from the Faroes margin and the Faroe-Shetland basin

Geophysical Prospecting

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-31

  Spitzer, Roman ^a   White, Robert S ^a   Christie, Philip A F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCHLUMBERGER CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMOGRAPHS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

BASALT FLOWS; SEISMIC CHARACTERIZATION; SEISMOMETERS; VOLCANIC CONTINENTAL MARGIN;

BASALT;

AIR GUN; BASALT; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; HYDROPHONE; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER; SEISMIC SURVEY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE ISLANDS; FAROE-SHETLAND CHANNEL;

EID: 37449003385     PISSN: 00168025     EISSN: 13652478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2007.00666.x     Document Type: Article

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