Large Amplitude Magnetic Anomalies in the Northern Sector of the Powell Basin, NE Antarctic Peninsula

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-80

  Surinach E ^a   Galindo Zaldivar, J ^b   Maldonado, A ^c   Livermore, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic Peninsula; Magnetic Anomaly; Pacific Margin Anomaly; Powell Basin; South Scotia Ridge; West Coast Magnetic Anomaly

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ANTARCTICA, ANTARCTIC PENINSULA, POWELL BASIN; SOUTHERN OCEAN, SOUTH SCOTIA RIDGE;

EID: 0030753224     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1004240931967     Document Type: Article

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