Three-dimensional seismic structure of a Mid-Atlantic Ridge segment characterized by active detachment faulting (Trans-Atlantic Geotraverse, 2555N-2620N)

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Zhao, Minghui ^a   Canales, Juan Pablo ^b   Sohn, Robert A ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

3D seismic structure; active detachment fault; Mid Atlantic Ridge; TAG hydrothermal field

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VELOCITY;

3D SEISMIC; ACTIVE TAG; AIR GUNS; DETACHMENT FAULT; DETACHMENT FAULTING; FAULT ZONE; FORWARD MODELING; GEOTRAVERSE; HYDROTHERMAL FIELD; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; MID ATLANTIC RIDGE; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER; P-WAVE VELOCITY; SEA FLOOR; SEISMIC RECORDS; SEISMIC STRUCTURE; STRUCTURAL ASYMMETRY; SYNTHETIC SEISMOGRAM; TOMOGRAPHIC; TOMOGRAPHIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY INVERSION; VELOCITY MODEL;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ACTIVE FAULT; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DETACHMENT FAULT; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; FAULT ZONE; FAULTING; FOOTWALL; LITHOLOGY; MICROEARTHQUAKE; OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETER; P-WAVE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMICITY; SEISMOGRAM; SEISMOLOGY; UPLIFT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 84868663168     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GC004454     Document Type: Article

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