Crustal structure of the Siberian craton and the West Siberian basin: An appraisal of existing seismic data

Tectonophysics

Volumn 609, Issue , 2013, Pages 154-183

  Cherepanova, Yulia ^a   Artemieva, Irina M ^a   Thybo, Hans ^a   Chemia, Zurab ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Moho; Seismic velocities; Siberian craton; West Siberian basin

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MOHO; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; SIBERIAN CRATON; WEST SIBERIAN BASIN;

VELOCITY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

SEISMIC WAVES;

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA QUALITY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MOHO; OROGENY; P-WAVE; SEDIMENT THICKNESS; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TECTONIC SETTING;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIAN CRATON; SIBERIAN LOWLAND;

EID: 84889089998     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2013.05.004     Document Type: Review

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