Crustal structure of Edoras Bank continental margin and mantle thermal anomalies beneath the North Atlantic

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B2, 1997, Pages 3109-3129

  Barton, A J ^a   White, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collision induced dissociation (CID); Enolic acetone cation

Indexed keywords

CONTINENT/OCEAN TRANSITION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL MARGINS; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE PLUMES; THERMAL ANOMALIES; THERMAL ANOMALY;

ATLANTIC, EDORAS BANK;

EID: 0030818302     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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