Côte d'Ivoire-Ghana margin: Seismic imaging of passive rifted crust adjacent to a transform continental margin

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 781-795

  Peirce, C ^a   Whitmarsh, R B ^b   Scrutton, R A ^c   Pontoise, B ^d   Sage, F ^d   Mascle, J ^e  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c Grant Institute   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^e Lab de Geodynam sous Marine   (France)

Author keywords

C te d'Ivoire Ghana; Continental margin; OBS; Seismic structure

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL MARGINS; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; GRAVITY DATA; RIFT ZONES; RIFTING; SEISMIC IMAGING; TRANSFORM MARGIN;

ATLANTIC, COTE D'IVOIRE-GHANA MARGIN; GHANA, COTE D'IVOIRE;

EID: 0029768522     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb06023.x     Document Type: Article

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