Seismic evidence for Late Proterozoic orogenic structures below the Phanerozoic sedimentary cover in the Kattegat area, SW Scandinavia

Tectonics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Lassen, Alexander ^a   Thybo, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Gothian; Orogenic; Reflectivity; Scandinavia; Seismic; Sveconorwegian

Indexed keywords

PROTEROZOIC; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SVECONORWEGIAN OROGENY; TECTONICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; KATTEGAT; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 84940579375     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003TC001499     Document Type: Article

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