Crustal structure of the British Isles and its epeirogenic consequences

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 705-725

  Davis, M W ^a   White, N J ^a   Priestley, K F ^a   Baptie, B J ^b   Tilmann, F J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Broad band seismometers; Crustal structure; Dynamics of lithosphere and mantle; Inverse theory; Seismicity and tectonics

Indexed keywords

BRITAIN; BRITISH ISLES; BROAD BANDS; BROADBAND SEISMOMETERS; CENOZOIC MAGMATISM; CONTROLLED SOURCE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; FORWARD MODELLING; INVERSE THEORY; IRELAND; LITHOSPHERIC; LONG WAVELENGTH; MONTE CARLO; NORTH WALES; P-WAVE VELOCITY; RECEIVER FUNCTIONS; REGIONAL DYNAMICS; SCOTLAND; SHEAR WAVE VELOCITY; THREE-COMPONENT; UNDERPLATING; VELOCITY PROFILES;

ERROR ANALYSIS; SEISMOGRAPHS; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BROADBAND DATA; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FORWARD MODELING; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MOHO; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMOGRAPH; UNDERPLATING; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84863782450     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05485.x     Document Type: Article

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