The method of reflected waves in the study of the deep structure of alkaline massifs of the Kola Peninsula

Abstract

Seismic exploration by the method of reflected waves is successfully applied in the study of sedimentary rock structures. Here its results are characterized by high accuracy and it occupies a leading position among other geophysical methods. Similar studies by the method of reflected waves of the deep structure of crystalline rocks could give the same valuable results that have been obtained in the study of sedimentary formations. But so far, except for some experimental works, this method has not been practically applied to the study of crystalline rocks. Therefore, the results of experimental and then production works by the method of reflected waves, carried out by the Western Geophysical Trust in cooperation with the problem laboratory of geophysical methods of exploration at the Leningrad Mining Institute in the central regions of the Kola Peninsula in 1958-1960, are of great interest.