Structure and ageing of oceanic crust at 14°S on the East Pacific Rise

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 573-584

  Grevemeyer, Ingo ^a,c   Weigel, Wilfried ^b   Jennrich, Claudia ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^d Western Geophysical   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

East Pacific Rise; Mid ocean ridge; Oceanic crust; Pacific Ocean; Seamount; Seismic refraction; Seismic velocity; Velocity structure

Indexed keywords

MID-OCEAN RIDGE; OCEANIC CRUST; SEAMOUNT; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032438843     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1998.00673.x     Document Type: Article

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