Bathymetry, controlled source seismic and gravity observations of the Mendeleev ridge; implications for ridge structure, origin, and regional tectonics

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 481-502

  Dove, Dayton ^a   Coakley, Bernard ^b   Hopper, John ^c   Kristoffersen, Yngve ^d  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic region; Controlled source seismology; Gravity anomalies and Earth structure; Large igneous provinces; Oceanic plateaus and microcontinents; Submarine tectonics and volcanism

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC REGIONS; CONTROLLED SOURCE; GRAVITY ANOMALIES AND EARTH STRUCTURE; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCES; OCEANIC PLATEAUS AND MICROCONTINENTS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BATHYMETRY; BUILDINGS; REFRACTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; SUBMARINES; VOLCANOES;

TECTONICS;

BATHYMETRY; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DEFORMATION; EARTH STRUCTURE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULTING; GRAVITY ANOMALY; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; P-WAVE; PLATEAU; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; WAVE VELOCITY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; MENDELEYEV RIDGE;

EID: 77958559058     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04746.x     Document Type: Article

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