Seismicity and active tectonic processes in the ultra-slow spreading Lena Trough, Arctic Ocean

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 184, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1354-1370

  Laderach C ^a   Schlindwein, V ^a   Schenke, H W ^a   Jokat, W ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arctic region; Mid ocean ridge processes; Oceanic transform and fracture zone processes; Seismicity and tectonics

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE TECTONICS; ARCTIC OCEAN; ARCTIC REGIONS; CENOZOIC; COMPLEX INTERACTION; EPICENTRE; FRACTURE ZONE; FRAM STRAIT; GREENLAND; HIGH RESOLUTION; ICE FLOES; MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; MICROSEISMIC EVENTS; MID-OCEAN RIDGE PROCESSES; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; MULTIBEAM BATHYMETRY; OCEANIC TRANSFORM AND FRACTURE ZONE PROCESSES; RE-LOCALIZATION; REMOTE LOCATION; RIFT VALLEY; SEISMIC ARRAYS; SEISMICITY AND TECTONICS; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; TECTONIC PROCESS; ULTRA-SLOW SPREADING;

BATHYMETRY; EARTHQUAKES; FRACTURE; LANDFORMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE;

TECTONICS;

ACTIVE FAULT; DISLOCATION; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; FRACTURE ZONE; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; SEISMICITY; SHEAR ZONE; SPREADING CENTER; TELESEISMIC WAVE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; FRAM STRAIT; GREENLAND; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 79951671914     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04926.x     Document Type: Article

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