The crustal structure of the Alpha Ridge at the transition to the Canadian Polar Margin: Results from a seismic refraction experiment

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Funck, Thomas ^a   Jackson, H Ruth ^b   Shimeld, John ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRETACEOUS; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INVERSE PROBLEM; MOHO; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

ALPHA RIDGE; ARCTIC OCEAN; LOMONOSOV RIDGE;

EID: 82955165735     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008411     Document Type: Article

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