Open AccessUpper Mantle Structure Along the Axis of the Mid‐Atlantic Ridge near Iceland
Author(s) -
Francis T. J. G.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
geophysical journal of the royal astronomical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.302
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1365-246X
pISSN - 0016-8009
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-246x.1969.tb00254.x
Subject(s) - mid atlantic ridge , geology , mantle (geology) , ridge , seismology , geodesy , mid ocean ridge , seismic velocity , geophysics , paleontology
Summary Apparent velocity measurements of P arrivals from Mid‐Atlantic Ridge earthquakes across pairs of stations in Iceland and Greenland have been made using bulletin data. They define both the vertical and horizontal extent of the low velocity anomalous mantle zone between 50° and 70° N.