Crustal structure and evolution of the outer Møre Margin, NE Atlantic

Tectonophysics

Volumn 468, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 224-243

  Mjelde, R ^a   Raum, T ^a   Kandilarov, A ^a   Murai, Y ^b   Takanami, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eclogites; Jan Mayen Lineament; Lower crustal high velocity body; M re Margin; OBS data

Indexed keywords

CHI-SQUARED VALUES; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; CRUSTAL STRUCTURES; CRYSTALLINE BASEMENTS; ECLOGITES; GENETIC LINKS; JAN MAYEN LINEAMENT; LOWER CRUSTAL HIGH-VELOCITY BODY; MAGMATISM; MOHO DEPTHS; MULTI-CHANNEL SEISMIC; OBS DATA; OCEANIC CRUSTS; POTENTIAL FIELDS; SEISMIC PROFILES; STUDY AREAS;

EARTHQUAKES; OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY; OPTICAL BURST SWITCHING; OPTICAL SWITCHES;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; ECLOGITE; EOCENE; LINEAMENT; MAGMATISM; MOHO;

ARCTIC; JAN MAYEN; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 62249083164     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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