Tectonic setting of an intra-oceanic ridge at a converging plate boundary: The Gorringe Bank (off SW Iberia);Structure et mise en place d'une ride océanique dans un contexte de limite de plaques convergentes : Le banc de Gorringe (SW Ibérie)

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIa: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes

Volumn 325, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 853-860

  Le Gall, Bernard ^a   Piqué, Alain ^a   Réhault, Jean Pierre ^a   Specht, Martin ^b   Malod, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^b TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

Africa Iberia plate Boundary; Convergence; Gorringe; Oceanic crust; Seismic reflection profiles; Transform

Indexed keywords

TORTONIA;

CONVERGENT MARGIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; OCEANIC CRUST; OCEANIC RIDGE; SEISMIC SURVEY;

ATLANTIC, GORRINGE BANK;

EID: 0031426091     PISSN: 12518050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1251-8050(99)80185-2     Document Type: Article

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