Reflection seismic investigations in the Dannemora area, central Sweden: Insights into the geometry of polyphase deformation zones and magnetite-skarn deposits

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Malehmir, Alireza ^a   Dahlin, Peter ^a   Lundberg, Emil ^a   Juhlin, Christopher ^a   Sjöström, Håkan ^a   Högdahl, Karin ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; FAULT ZONE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; PRESTACK MIGRATION; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

DANNEMORA; SWEDEN; UPPSALA [SWEDEN];

EID: 82955165742     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB008643     Document Type: Article

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