Formation of oceanic crust at slow spreading rates: New constraints from an extinct spreading center in the Labrador Sea

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 771-774

  Louden, K E ^a   Osler, J C ^b,d   Srivastava, S P ^c   Keen, C E ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Defence Research Establishment Atlantic   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d NATO UNDERSEA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; REFRACTION;

CRUSTAL FORMATION; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; CRUSTAL THINNING; DISCONTINUOUS PROCESS; PLATE SEPARATION; SEISMIC REFLECTIONS; TECTONIC FABRICS; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; FAULT BLOCKS; JOINT ANALYSIS; OCEANIC CRUST; SPREADING RATE;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CRUSTAL THICKNESS; CRUSTAL THINNING; OCEANIC CRUST; PERIDOTITE; RIFTING; SERPENTINIZATION; SPREADING CENTER; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL FORMATION; SEA FLOOR SPREADING RATE; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEISMIC SURVEY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; LABRADOR SEA;

EID: 0030434663     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0771:FOOCAS>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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