Digital isochrons of the world's ocean floor

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B2, 1997, Pages 3211-3214

  Müller, R Dietmar ^a   Roest, Walter R ^b   Royer, Jean Yves ^a,c   Gahagan, Lisa M ^d   Sclater, John G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Photoionisation mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; DIGITAL ISOCHRONS; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; OCEAN FLOOR; SEA FLOOR; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 0030860354     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jb01781     Document Type: Article

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