Horst and graben structures on the flanks of the Mid-Atlantic ridge in the MARK area (23°22′N): Submersible observations

Tectonophysics

Volumn 265, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 275-297

  Durand, C ^a   Ballu, V ^b   Gente, P ^a   Dubois, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL VALLEY; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; GRABEN; HORST; MID OCEAN RIDGE; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; SUBMERSIBLE STUDY;

ATLANTIC, MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 0030440013     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0040-1951(96)00049-2     Document Type: Article

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