HSPB seismic broadband station in Southern Spitsbergen: Irst results on crustal and mantle structure from receiver functions and SKS splitting

Polish Polar Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 301-316

  Wilde Piórko, Monika ^a   Grad, Marek ^a,b   Wiejacz, Paweł ^b   Schweitzer, Johannes ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Poland)

^c NORSAR   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic; Crustal and mantle structure; HSPB broadband seismic station; Receiver functions; SKS splitting; Spitsbergen

Indexed keywords

BODY WAVE; BROADBAND DATA; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MOHO; OCEANIC CRUST; SEISMIC DATA; TELESEISMIC WAVE; WAVE SPLITTING;

ARCTIC; BJORNOYA; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 72249108013     PISSN: 01380338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4202/ppres.2009.16     Document Type: Article

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