Variations in heat flow across the ocean - Continent transition in the Iberia abyssal plain

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 151, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 233-254

  Louden, Keith E ^a   Sibuet, Jean Claude ^b   Harmegnies, Francois ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Abyssal plains; Continental margin; Heat flow; Iberian Peninsula; Ocean Drilling Program

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL PLAIN; ABYSSAL PLAINS; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL MARGINS; HEAT FLOW; OCEAN/CONTINENT TRANSITION; ODP LEG 149;

ATLANTIC, IBERIA ABYSSAL PLAIN;

EID: 0031413630     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)81851-1     Document Type: Article

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