The crustal structure of the Canary Basin: Accretion processes at slow spreading centers

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B5, 1997, Pages 10185-10201

  Ranero, César R ^a,c   Banda, Enric ^a   Buhl, Peter ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; CRUSTAL ACCRETION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MAGMATISM; MESOZOIC; MID OCEAN RIDGE; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SLOW SPREADING CENTRE; SLOW SPREADING CENTRES;

ATLANTIC, CANARY BASIN;

EID: 0030668709     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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