Structure of the upper mantle in the Circum-Arctic region from regional seismic tomography

Russian Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 963-971

  Jakovlev, A V ^a   Bushenkova, N A ^a   Koulakov, I Yu ^a   Dobretsov, N L ^a  

^a TROFIMUK INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Circum Arctic region; Seismic tomography; Upper mantle structure

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION MECHANISM; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; LOW VELOCITY ZONE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; P-WAVE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRAVEL TIME; UPPER MANTLE;

ALASKA; ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CANADIAN SHIELD; CHUKCHI; GREENLAND; ICELAND; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; RUSSIAN PLATFORM; SAKHA; SIBERIAN PLATFORM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866748187     PISSN: 10687971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rgg.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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