Dynamic models for mantle flow and seismic anisotropy in the North Atlantic region and comparison with observations

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Marquart, Gabriele ^a   Schmeling, Harro ^b   Čadek, Ondřej ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Iceland; Kolbeinsey Ridge; Mantle flow field; North Atlantic; Reykjanes Ridge; Seismic anisotropy

Indexed keywords

EID: 56449085135     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GC001359     Document Type: Article

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