Three-dimensional structure of asthenospheric flow beneath the Southeast Indian Ridge

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B4, 1997, Pages 7783-7802

  West, Brian P ^a   Wilcock, William S D ^a   Sempéré, Jean Christophe ^a,c   Géli, Louis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; MANTLE; MANTLE PROCESSES; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; VISCOUS FLOW;

INDIAN OCEAN, SOUTHEAST INDIAN RIDGE;

EID: 0030798456     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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