Seismic evidence for plume-derived volcanism during formation of the continental margin in southern Davis Strait and northern Labrador Sea

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 980-994

  Gerlings, Joanna ^a,b,d   Funck, Thomas ^b   Jackson, H Ruth ^c   Louden, Keith E ^d   Klingelhöfer, Frauke ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Continental margins: divergent; Continental margins: transform; Crustal structure; Hotspots

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; INVERSE PROBLEM; MOHO; OCEANIC CRUST; P-WAVE; PALEOCENE; POISSON RATIO; S-WAVE; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEISMIC REFLECTION; TRANSITION ZONE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; VOLCANISM; WAVE VELOCITY;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DAVIS STRAIT; LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 61349121449     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.04021.x     Document Type: Article

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