Seismic constraints on a large mafic intrusion with implications for the subsidence history of the Danish Basin

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Sandrin, Alessandro ^a,b   Thybo, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b MAERSK OIL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MOHO; P-WAVE; PERMIAN; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SUBSIDENCE; WAVE VELOCITY;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 56549100711     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005067     Document Type: Article

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