A first detailed look at the Greenland lithosphere and upper mantle, using Rayleigh wave tomography

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 267-286

  Darbyshire, Fiona A ^a   Larsen, Tine B ^a   Mosegaard, Klaus ^b   Dahl Jensen, Trine ^c   Gudmundsson, Ólafur ^d   Bach, Torben ^e   Gregersen, Søren ^a   Pedersen, Helle A ^f   Hanka, Winfried ^g  

^a Kort & Matrikelstyrelsen   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^d DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^f UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^g GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Greenland; Lithospheric structure; Rayleigh waves

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; RAYLEIGH WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; UPPER MANTLE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 3843126655     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02316.x     Document Type: Article

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