Gravity anomalies and segmentation of the continental margin offshore West Africa

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 156, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 239-252

  Watts, A B ^a   Stewart, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continental margin; Flexure; Gravity anomalies

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; FLEXURE; GRAVITY ANOMALY;

ATLANTIC;

EID: 0031845861     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(98)00018-1     Document Type: Article

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