Long-term denudation of ocean crust in the central North Atlantic Ocean

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 171-174

  Tucholke, Brian E ^a   Kenneth Stewart, W ^a   Kleinrock, Martin C ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION;

DRAINAGE PATTERNS; FAULT GEOMETRY; FAULT SCARP; MASS WASTING; MORPHOLOGICAL DATA; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; SEDIMENT BURIAL; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BASALT; BATHYMETRY; CANYON; DENUDATION; FAULT SCARP; GULLY; MASS WASTING; OCEANIC CRUST; SEAFLOOR; CRUST; ESCARPMENTS; OCEAN CRUST; OCEAN FLOOR; SEA FLOOR;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); (NORTH); ATLANTIC;

EID: 0030857234     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0171:LTDOOC>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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