Reflection seismic imaging of the upper crust in the Kristineberg mining area, northern Sweden

Journal of Applied Geophysics

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 125-136

  Dehghannejad, Mahdieh ^a   Juhlin, Christopher ^a   Malehmir, Alireza ^a   Skyttä, Pietari ^b   Weihed, Pär ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cross dip; Modeling; Reflection seismic; Skellefte; Structural basement

Indexed keywords

3D GEOMETRY; 3D ORIENTATION; GEOLOGIC MODELING; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; MAGNETOTELLURIC DATA; MAIN STRUCTURE; MINERAL HORIZON; MINING AREAS; MINING DISTRICT; POTENTIAL FIELD; REFLECTION SEISMIC; SEISMIC DATAS; SEISMIC IMAGE; SEISMIC PROFILES; TOTAL LENGTH; UPPER CRUST;

BUILDINGS; METAL REFINING; REFLECTION; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; IMAGING METHOD; MINING; PROTEROZOIC; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC METHOD; SEISMIC REFLECTION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UPPER CRUST;

KRISTINEBERG; SWEDEN; VASTERBOTTEN;

EID: 77955270885     PISSN: 09269851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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