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Deep crustal structure of the southern Baltic Sea in the light of seismic and potential field data
Małgorzata Ponikowska
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Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
Sergiy Stovba
Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
S.I. Subbotin Institute of Geophysics,National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
Michał Malinowski
Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
Geological Survey of Finland, Espoo, Finland
Quang Nguyen
Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
Stanisław Mazur
Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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Transition zone between the Precambrian East European Craton and the Palaeozoic Platform, by integrating seismic interpretation with two-dimensional gravity and magnetic modelling. The combined data provide new insights into the complex tectonic evolution of the region.
Transition zone between the Precambrian East European Craton and the Palaeozoic Platform, by...
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