Wavelet and multitaper coherence methods for assessing the elastic thickness of the Irish Atlantic margin

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 445-459

  Daly, E ^a   Brown, C ^b   Stark, C P ^c   Ebinger, C J ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bouguer coherence methods; Effective elastic thickness; Irish Atlantic margin; Load ratio; Wavelets

Indexed keywords

BOUGUER ANOMALY; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; ELASTICITY; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 8744312490     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02427.x     Document Type: Article

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