Sea-floor spreading in the Lau back-arc basin

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 144, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 35-40

  Taylor, Brian ^a   Zellmer, Kirsten ^a   Martinez, Fernando ^a   Goodliffe, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Lau Basin; Magnetization; Sea floor spreading

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; BACKARC BASINS; BATHYMETRY; MAGNETIZATION; SEA FLOOR SPREADING; SEAFLOOR SPREADING;

PACIFIC, LAU BASIN;

EID: 0030433814     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(96)00148-3     Document Type: Article

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