Geophysical evidence of a relict oceanic crust in the southwestern Scotia Sea

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 439-450

  Lodolo, Emanuele ^a   Coren, Franco ^a   Schreider, Anatoly A ^b   Ceccone, Giulio ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^b SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANIC CRUST; SEAFLOOR SPREADING;

SCOTIA SEA;

EID: 0031389719     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004355707951     Document Type: Article

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