LISPB DELTA, a lithospheric seismic profile in Britain: Analysis and interpretation of the Wales and southern England section

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-82

  Maguire, Peter ^a   England, Richard ^a   Hardwick, Anthony ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b TGS NOPEC Geophysical Company (UK)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITAIN; CENOZOIC; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; CRUSTAL VELOCITY; ENGLAND; FOCAL DEPTH; GRAVITY MODEL; HEAT FLOWS; HEAT PRODUCTION; HEAT-FLOW; HIGH VELOCITY; INTRUSIVE ROCKS; IRISH SEA; LITHOSPHERIC; LOAD DISTRIBUTIONS; LONG WAVELENGTH; MANTLE HEAT FLOW; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH WALES; ORDOVICIAN; PALAEOZOIC; SEISMIC PROFILES; SEISMIC VELOCITY MODELS; THERMAL ANOMALIES; UPWELLING PLUME;

EARTHQUAKES; HEAT TRANSFER; IGNEOUS ROCKS;

SEISMIC WAVES;

CENOZOIC; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRATON; CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FOCAL MECHANISM; HEAT FLOW; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOZOIC; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMICITY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ENGLAND; IRISH SEA; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WELSH BASIN;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 84860420822     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492010-030     Document Type: Article

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