The ocean-continent boundary off the western continental margin of Iberia: Crustal structure west of Galicia Bank

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 28291-28314

  Whitmarsh, Robert B ^a   White, Robert S ^b   Horsefield, Susan J ^b,c   Sibuet, Jean Claude ^d   Recq, Maurice ^e   Louvel, Véronique ^d,f  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Esso House   (United Kingdom)

^d IFREMER   (France)

^e UFR SCIENCES ET TECHNIQUES   (France)

^f The French National Centre for Scientific Research   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL MARGINS; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; OCEAN-CONTINENT BOUNDARY; OCEAN/CONTINENT BOUNDARY; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC SURVEY;

ATLANTIC, GALICIA BANK;

EID: 0030439708     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jb02579     Document Type: Article

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