Crustal structure of North Atlantic Fracture Zones

Reviews of Geophysics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 439-458

  Detrick, R S ^a   White, R S ^a   Purdy, G M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL ANOMALY; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FRACTURE ZONE; FRACTURE ZONES; GEOPHYSICAL DATA; MID OCEAN RIDGE; SEISMOLOGY; TRANSFORM FAULTS;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH); ATLANTIC, MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 0027799394     PISSN: 87551209     EISSN: 19449208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/93RG01952     Document Type: Review

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