Namibia volcanic margin

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 313-341

  Gladczenko, Tadeusz P ^a   Skogseid, Jakob ^b   Eldhom, Olav ^c  

^a Research and Education   (United States)

^b Saga Petroleum as   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Namibia; Passive margin; South Atlantic; Volcanic margin

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; RIFTING; VOLCANISM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NAMIBIA MARGIN;

EID: 0032232633     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004746101320     Document Type: Article

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