Tectonic evolution of southern Baffin Bay and Davis Strait: Results from a seismic refraction transect between Canada and Greenland

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Funck, Thomas ^a   Gohl, Karsten ^b   Damm, Volkmar ^c   Heyde, Ingo ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONTINENTAL SHELF; FRACTURE ZONE; OCEAN BASIN; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER; OCEANIC CRUST; P-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMOTECTONICS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; WAVE VELOCITY;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BAFFIN BAY [ARCTIC OCEAN]; CANADA; DAVIS STRAIT; GREENLAND;

EID: 84861369881     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JB009110     Document Type: Article

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