A submersible study in the western Blanco fracture Zone, N.E. Pacific: Structure and evolution during the last 1.6 Ma

Marine Geophysical Researches

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 399-430

  Juteau, T ^a   Bideau, D ^b   Dauteuil, O ^c   Manac'h, G ^a   Naidoo, D D ^d   Nehlig, P ^e   Ondreas, H ^b   Tivey, M A ^f   Whipple, K X ^g   Delaney, J R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e BRGM   (France)

^f WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustal magnetization; Juan de Fuca Ridge; oceanic crust; propagating rift; submarine mass wasting; transform zone

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FRACTURE ZONE; FRACTURE ZONES; OCEAN CRUST; QUATERNARY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBMERSIBLE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TROUGH;

PACIFIC, BLANCO FRACTURE ZONE; PACIFIC, JUAN DE FUCA RIDGE; PACIFIC, WEST BLANCO FRACTURE ZONE;

EID: 0029476133     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: 15730581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01371786     Document Type: Article

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