Progress in BIRPS deep Seismic reflection profiling around the British Isles
Abstract
The results of 4000 km of new BIRPS profiles are briefly outlined as an introduction to other BIRPS papers in this volume. Highlights of these profiles include the tracing for 900 km of a reflection pattern in the lower crust associated with the lapetus suture and the observation of more than 20 separate reflections from the mantle, while progress in solving the problem of deep-water multiples has enabled the joining of the continental and oceanic Moho reflections off SW England. Developments in old interpretational problems are reviewed and the new problem of dating reflections is mentioned.
- Publication:
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Tectonophysics
- Pub Date:
- February 1990
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0040-1951(90)90232-W
- Bibcode:
- 1990Tectp.173..387M