Basement inhomogeneities and crustal setting in the Barents Sea from a combined 3D gravity and magnetic model

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 557-584

  Marello, L ^a,b,c   Ebbing, J ^a,b   Gernigon, L ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c Exploro AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic region; Crustal structure; Gravity anomalies and Earth structure; Magnetic anomalies: modelling and interpretation

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; GEODYNAMICS; MAGNETISM; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ARCTIC REGIONS; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GEOPHYSICAL MODELING; GRAVITY ANOMALIES AND EARTH STRUCTURES; MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; MAGNETIC ANOMALIES: MODELLING AND INTERPRETATIONS; PETROPHYSICAL DATUM; STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS;

3D MODELING;

BASEMENT ROCK; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; GEODYNAMICS; GRAVITY ANOMALY; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIZATION; NAPPE; OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; TERRANE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA;

BARENTSIA;

EID: 84876801153     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggt018     Document Type: Article

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