The MARCONI reflection seismic data: A view into the eastern part of the Bay of Biscay

Tectonophysics

Volumn 508, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 34-41

  Fernández Viejo, Gabriela ^a   Gallastegui, Jorge ^a   Pulgar, Javier A ^a   Gallart, Josep ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accretionary wedge; Alpine orogeny; Bay of Biscay; Deep seismic reflection; MARCONI Project

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY WEDGE; ALPINE OROGENY; BAY OF BISCAY; DEEP SEISMIC REFLECTIONS; MARCONI;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; EXPERIMENTS; OCEAN STRUCTURES; PRISMS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC RESPONSE;

SEISMIC WAVES;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; DATA ACQUISITION; OROGENY; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC METHOD; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY;

EID: 79961025504     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2010.06.020     Document Type: Article

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