Seismic Tomography and Earthquake Mechanism Beneath the Central Fennoscandian Shield

• Main Author: Hyvönen, Tellervo
• Other Authors: Gregersen, Sören, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics, Institute of Seismology, University of Helsinki, Helsingin yliopisto, matemaattis-luonnontieteellinen tiedekunta, fysiikan laitos, Helsingfors universitet, matematisk-naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, institutionen för fysik, Heikkinen, Pekka, Pesonen, Lauri
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Helsingin yliopisto 2010
• Subjects: geofysiikka; Barents Sea; White Sea; Kola Peninsula; Norway; Tornio; Kuusamo; Fennoscandian; Finnmark; kola peninsula; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/23328

The aim of this thesis was to study the seismic tomography structure of the earth s crust together with earthquake distribution and mechanism beneath the central Fennoscandian Shield, mainly in southern and central Finland. The earthquake foci and some fault plane solutions are correlated with 3-D i...