Crustal geometry of the central Skellefte district, northern Sweden - constraints from reflection seismic investigations

Tectonophysics

Volumn 524-525, Issue , 2012, Pages 87-99

  Dehghannejad, Mahdieh ^a   Bauer, Tobias E ^b   Malehmir, Alireza ^a   Juhlin, Christopher ^a   Weihed, Pär ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

3D modelling; Fault inversion; Palaeoproterozoic; Reflection seismic; Skellefte District

Indexed keywords

3D MODELLING; FAULT INVERSION; PALAEOPROTEROZOIC; REFLECTION SEISMIC; SKELLEFTE DISTRICT;

LIE GROUPS; LITHOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT; PROTEROZOIC; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

SKELLEFTE RIVER; SWEDEN;

EID: 84856726555     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.12.021     Document Type: Article

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