Small-scale structure of the Kane oceanic core complex, Mid-Atlantic Ridge 23°30′N, from waveform tomography of multichannel seismic data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 21, 2010, Pages

  Canales, J Pablo ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES; TOMOGRAPHY;

DETACHMENT FAULT; EASTERN AREA; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; HIGH VELOCITY; LOW-VELOCITY; MID ATLANTIC RIDGE; MULTICHANNEL SEISMIC DATA; NEW HIGH; OCEANIC CORE-COMPLEXES; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; SEA FLOOR; SEISMIC VELOCITY MODELS; SMALL-SCALE STRUCTURES; THICK LAYERS; WAVE FORMS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DEEP SEA; DETACHMENT FAULT; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GABBRO; PERIDOTITE; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SERPENTINITE; TOMOGRAPHY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 78149449377     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL044412     Document Type: Article

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