Gravity evidence of very thin crust at the Gakkel Ridge (Arctic Ocean)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 162, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 81-95

  Coakley, Bernard J ^a   Cochran, James R ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Bathymetry; Gravity anomalies; Gravity surveys; Mid ocean ridges; Spreading centers

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GRAVITY SURVEY; MELT; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SPREADING CENTRE;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032408448     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00158-7     Document Type: Article

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