Thin crust beneath ocean drilling program borehole 735B at the Southwest Indian Ridge?

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 148, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 93-107

  Muller, M R ^a   Robinson, C J ^a   Minshull, T A ^a   White, R S ^a   Bickle, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crust; Fracture zones; Geochemistry; Mid ocean ridges; Seismic surveys

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; FRACTURE ZONE; FRACTURE ZONES; GEOCHEMISTRY; MID OCEAN RIDGE; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; ODP LEG 118; SEISMIC SURVEY;

INDIAN OCEAN, SOUTHWEST INDIAN RIDGE, ODP SITE 735;

EID: 0030772465     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00030-7     Document Type: Article

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