Stochastic velocity inversion of seismic reflection/refraction traveltime data for rift structure of the southwest Barents Sea

Tectonophysics

Volumn 593, Issue , 2013, Pages 135-150

  Clark, Stephen A ^a,g   Faleide, Jan Inge ^a   Hauser, Juerg ^b,h   Ritzmann, Oliver ^a,i   Mjelde, Rolf ^c   Ebbing, Jörg ^d   Thybo, Hans ^e   Flüh, Ernst ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORSAR   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^g STATOIL   (Norway)

^h CSIRO   (Australia)

ⁱ not available   (Germany)

Author keywords

Barents Sea; Continental rifting; Crustal structure; Reflection refraction velocity modeling; Stretching and thinning factors; Transform margin

Indexed keywords

MARKOV CHAINS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BARENTS SEA; CONTINENTAL RIFTING; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; THINNING FACTORS; TRANSFORM MARGIN; VELOCITY MODEL;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; INVERSE ANALYSIS; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RAY TRACING; RIFTING; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC REFRACTION; STOCHASTICITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA;

EID: 84876340006     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2013.02.033     Document Type: Article

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