A survey of the Southwest Indian Ridge axis between Atlantis II Fracture Zone and the Indian Ocean triple junction: Regional setting and large scale segmentation

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 457-480

  Patriat, Philippe ^a   Sauter, Daniel ^b   Munschy, Marc ^b   Parson, Lindsay ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UMR 7063   (France)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geophysical survey; Indian Ocean; Slow spreading mid oceanic ridges

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; SEGMENTATION; SPREADING CENTRE; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTHWEST INDIAN RIDGE;

EID: 0031543609     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004312623534     Document Type: Article

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