The eastern Jan Mayen microcontinent volcanic margin

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 798-818

  Breivik, Asbjørn Johan ^a   Mjelde, Rolf ^b   Faleide, Jan Inge ^a   Murai, Yoshio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Continental margins: divergent; Controlled source seismology; Crustal structure; Large igneous provinces; Magma genesis and partial melting; Oceanic plateaus and microcontinents

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTROLLED SOURCE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCES; MAGMA GENESIS; OCEANIC PLATEAUS AND MICROCONTINENTS;

SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

TECTONICS;

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DEFORMATION; EOCENE; MAGMATISM; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER; OLIGOCENE; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROGENESIS; PLATEAU; RAY TRACING; RIFTING; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOLOGY;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); JAN MAYEN; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84857058573     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05307.x     Document Type: Article

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