Active oceanic spreading in the northern North Fiji Basin: Results of the NOFI cruise of R/V L'Atalante (Newstarmer project)

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2-4, 1996, Pages 225-247

  Lagabrielle, Yves ^a   Ruellan, Etienne ^b   Tanahashi, Manabu ^c   Bourgois, Jacques ^d   Buffet, Georges ^b   De Alteriis, Giovanni ^a   Dyment, Jérôme ^a   Goslin, Jean ^a   Gràcia Mont, Eulàlia ^a   Iwabushi, Yo ^e   Jarvis, Philip ^f   Joshima, Masato ^c   Karpoff, Anne Marie ^g   Matsumoto, Takeshi ^h   Ondréas, Hélène ⁱ   Pelletier, Bernard ^j   Sardou, Olivier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^b Institut de Géodynamique   (France)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department Japan Coast Guard   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^g CNRS   (France)

^h JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

ⁱ IFREMER   (France)

^j INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

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Author keywords

Axial grabens; Axial volcanic highs; Back arc basins; North Fiji basin; Segmentation; Spreading centers

Indexed keywords

AXIAL GRABEN; AXIAL VOLCANISM; BACKARC BASIN; BACKARC BASINS; SEA FLOOR SPREADING; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEGMENTATION;

PACIFIC, NORTH FIJI BASIN;

EID: 0030485471     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00286079     Document Type: Article

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