Differential opening of the Central and South Atlantic Oceans and the opening of the West African rift system

Tectonophysics

Volumn 187, Issue 1-3, 1991, Pages 191-203

  Fairhead, J D ^a   Binks, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; OCEAN OPENING; PLATE TECTONICS; RIFTING; SEA FLOOR SPREADING;

AFRICA, (WEST); ATLANTIC;

EID: 0026053220     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(91)90419-S     Document Type: Article

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