Temperature anomalies under the Northeast Atlantic rifted volcanic margins

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 146, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 195-211

  Clift, Peter D ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Continental margin; Northeast Atlantic; Ocean basins; Paleocene; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL MARGINS; OCEAN CRUST; RIFT ZONES; RIFTING; SUBSIDENCE; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES;

ATLANTIC, (NORTHEAST);

EID: 0030759836     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(96)00228-2     Document Type: Article

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