Seismic imaging through basalt flows on the Faroes Shelf

• Main Authors: White, R. S., Spitzer, R., Christie, P. A. F., Roberts, A. W., Lunnon, Z., Maresh, J., Group, iSimm Working
• Other Authors: Ziska, H., Varming, T., Blotch, D.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Føroya Fróðskaparfelag 2005
• Subjects: 02 - Geodynamics; Geophysics and Tectonics; Faroe Shelf; Faroes; Iceland; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/1557/; http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/1557/1/White_R.S._et_al_Faroe_Islands_Exploration_Conf,_Supp_43_%282005%29.pdf

Massive magmatism occurred on the North Atlantic margins when the continents broke apart in the presence of the Iceland mantle plume. The extrusive basalts on the Faroe shelf create a considerable problem for seismic imaging by causing extensive scattering from the multiple lava flows and by attenua...