Reflective oceanic crust formed at a fast-spreading center in the Pacific

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 499-502

  Ranero, C R ^a   Reston, T J ^a   Belykh, I ^b   Gnibidenko, H ^b  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY;

ACCRETIONARY; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; LOWER CRUST; OCEANIC CRUST; SEISMIC IMAGE; STRUCTURAL DISCONTINUITY; TWO WAYS;

SEISMOLOGY;

DIKE; HYDROTHERMAL CIRCULATION; LOWER CRUST; OCEANIC CRUST; SEISMIC DATA; SPREADING CENTER; CRETACEOUS; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; MID OCEAN RIDGE; SEISMIC SURVEY; SEISMIC SURVEYS; SPREADING CENTRES;

PACIFIC OCEAN; (NORTHWEST); PACIFIC;

EID: 0030832828     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0499:ROCFAA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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