The crustal structure across the transform continental margin off Ghana, eastern equatorial Atlantic

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B1, 1997, Pages 747-772

  Edwards, Rosemary A ^a,b,c   Whitmarsh, Robert B ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000715041     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
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