Morphology of the transition from an axial high to a rift valley at the Southeast Indian Ridge and the relation to variations in mantle temperature

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 5203-5223

  Shah, Anjana K ^a,b   Sempéré, Jean Christophe ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

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EID: 0000511742     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb03110     Document Type: Article

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