Crustal structure and composition of the Oslo Graben, Norway

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 304, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 431-442

  Stratford, W ^a   Thybo, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Continental rift; Oslo Graben; Poisson's ratio; Refraction seismics

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL RIFT; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; HETEROGENEOUS COMPOSITION; HIGH VELOCITY; LONG-PROFILE; LOWER CRUST; MAGMATIC INTRUSIONS; OSLO GRABEN; P-WAVE VELOCITY; PLUTONIC ROCKS; POISSON'S RATIO; REFRACTION SEISMICS; S-WAVE VELOCITY; SURFACE EXPRESSION; SURFACE EXTENSIONS; UNDERPLATING; VOLCANIC OUTPUT;

GEOLOGIC MODELS; REFRACTION; SEISMIC WAVES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SURFACES; TECTONICS; VELOCITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

POISSON RATIO;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; P-WAVE; PLUTONIC ROCK; POISSON RATIO; RIFTING; S-WAVE; SEISMIC REFRACTION; WAVE VELOCITY;

NORWAY; OSLO RIFT;

EID: 79953051331     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.02.021     Document Type: Article

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