Nature and composition of the continental crust: a lower crustal perspective

RL Rudnick, DM Fountain - Reviews of geophysics, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
Geophysical, petrological, and geochemical data provide important clues about the
composition of the deep continental crust. On the basis of seismic refraction data, we divide …

Structure and evolution of the Atlantic passive margins: a review of existing rifting models from wide-angle seismic data and kinematic reconstruction

Y Biari, F Klingelhoefer, D Franke, T Funck… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2021 - Elsevier
Deep seismic data and plate kinematic reconstructions help understand the mechanisms of
rifting and opening of new oceans, basic principles of plate tectonic cycles. In this study …

Crustal structure of the southeast Greenland margin from joint refraction and reflection seismic tomography

J Korenaga, WS Holbrook, GM Kent… - Journal of …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
We present results from a combined multichannel seismic reflection (MCS) and wideangle
onshore/offshore seismic experiment conducted in 1996 across the southeast Greenland …

Modelling strategies and model assessment for wide-angle seismic traveltime data

CA Zelt - Geophysical Journal International, 1999 - academic.oup.com
Strategies for modelling seismic refraction/wide-angle reflection traveltimes to obtain 2-D
velocity and interface structure are presented along with methods for assessing the reliability …

Breakup and early seafloor spreading between India and Antarctica

C Gaina, RD Müller, B Brown… - Geophysical Journal …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
We present a tectonic interpretation of the breakup and early seafloor spreading between
India and Antarctica based on improved coverage of potential field and seismic data off the …

NE Atlantic continental rifting and volcanic margin formation

J Skogseid, S Planke, JI Faleide, T Pedersen… - 2000 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Deep seismic data from the Hatton-Rockall region, the mid-Norway margin and the SW
Barents Sea provide images of the crustal structure that make it possible to estimate the …

South Atlantic volcanic margins

TP Gladczenko, K Hinz, O Eldholm… - Journal of the …, 1997 - lyellcollection.org
The Early Cretaceous South Atlantic continental break-up and initial sea-floor spreading
were accompanied by large-scale, transient volcanism emplacing the Paraná-Etendeka …

Extensional processes in continental lithosphere

C Ruppel - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
Since Vening‐Meinesz's realization that the East African Rift represented an extensional, not
compressional, feature and since the widespread acceptance of plate tectonics two decades …

Oceanic residual depth measurements, the plate cooling model, and global dynamic topography

MJ Hoggard, J Winterbourne… - … Research: Solid Earth, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Convective circulation of the mantle causes deflections of the Earth's surface that vary as a
function of space and time. Accurate measurements of this dynamic topography are …

Deep structure of the Namibia continental margin as derived from integrated geophysical studies

K Bauer, S Neben, B Schreckenberger… - Journal of …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
During the Geophysical Measurements Across the Continental Margin of Namibia (MAMBA)
experiments, offshore and onshore refraction and reflection seismic as well as magnetic …