A probabilistic seismic model for the European Arctic

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Hauser, Juerg ^a   Dyer, Kathleen M ^b   Pasyanos, Michael E ^b   Bungum, Hilmar ^a   Faleide, Jan I ^c   Clark, Stephen A ^c   Schweitzer, Johannes ^a  

^a NORSAR   (Norway)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA SET; MARKOV CHAIN; MOHO; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; SEISMIC METHOD; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UPPER MANTLE;

ARCTIC;

EID: 78751522412     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007889     Document Type: Article

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