Onshore-offshore potential field analysis of the Møre-Trøndelag Fault Complex and adjacent structures of Mid Norway

Tectonophysics

Volumn 518-521, Issue , 2012, Pages 17-28

  Nasuti, Aziz ^a,b   Pascal, Christophe ^b,c   Ebbing, Jörg ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aeromagnetic; Gravity; M re tr ndelag fault complex; Mid norway; Petrophysical data; Tilt derivative technique (TDR)

Indexed keywords

ADJACENT STRUCTURES; AEROMAGNETIC; AEROMAGNETIC DATA; CONTINUOUS COVERAGE; DERIVATIVE TECHNIQUE; DEVONIANS; GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GEOLOGICAL INFORMATION; MAGNETIC DATA; MAGNETIC MAPS; MID NORWAY; MINERALISATION; OFFSHORE BASIN; PETROPHYSICAL; POTENTIAL FIELD; SCANDINAVIA; SEISMIC INTERPRETATION; SEISMIC PROFILING; STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS; STRUCTURAL PATTERN; TECTONIC SETTINGS; TILT DERIVATIVE TECHNIQUE (TDR);

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; GRAVITATION;

SEISMOLOGY;

AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY; BASIN EVOLUTION; BEDROCK; DATA INTERPRETATION; DEFORMATION; FAULT ZONE; GRAVITY SURVEY; MINERALIZATION; SEISMIC METHOD; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

NORWAY;

EID: 84855829519     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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