Deep structured the vicinity of the ocean-continent transition zone under the southern Iberia Abyssal Plain Discovery 215 Working Group

Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 743-746

  Minshull, T A ^a   Dean, S M ^a   Whitmarsh, R B ^b   Russell, S M ^b   Louden, K E ^c   Chian, D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIZATION; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY;

ABYSSAL PLAINS; MAGNETIC STUDIES; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEISMIC VELOCITY STRUCTURE; SHALLOW DEPTHS; THINNED CONTINENTAL CRUST; TRANSITION ZONES; WORKING GROUPS; DEEP STRUCTURE; SERPENTINIZED PERIDOTITES; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

BUILDINGS;

MAGNETIZATION; OCEAN-CONTINENT TRANSITION; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEISMIC DATA; TRANSITION ZONE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; MAGNETIC SURVEY; SEISMIC SURVEY;

IBERIAN ABYSSAL PLAIN; ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032435032     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0743:dsitvo>2.3.co;2     Document Type: Article

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