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An extensional origin for the Buchan and Witchground Graben in the North Sea

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Seismic refraction and subsidence observations are used to explain the heat flow and subsidence properties of the North Sea.

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  1. Department of Geodesy and Geophysics, Madingley Rise, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CBS 0EZ, UK

    P. A. F. Christie

  2. Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139

    J. G. Sclater

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Christie, P., Sclater, J. An extensional origin for the Buchan and Witchground Graben in the North Sea. Nature 283, 729–732 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1038/283729a0

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