Fault structure and detailed evolution of a slow spreading ridge segment: The Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 29°N

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 154, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 167-183

  Searle, R C ^a   Cowie, P A ^b   Mitchell, N C ^c,e   Allerton, S ^b   MacLeod, C J ^c   Escartin, J ^a,b   Russell, S M ^a   Slootweg, P A ^a   Tanaka, T ^d  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e Department of Earth Sciences ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustical surveys; Faults; Magnetic anomalies; Median valley; Mid Atlantic Ridge; Sea floor spreading

Indexed keywords

FAULT; MID OCEAN RDIGE; MID OCEAN RIDGE; SEA FLOOR SPREADING;

ATLANTIC;

EID: 0031851378     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00160-x     Document Type: Article

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