A different pattern of ridge segmentation and mantle Bouguer gravity anomalies along the ultra-slow spreading Southwest Indian Ridge (15°30′E to 25°E)

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 161, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 243-253

  Grindlay, Nancy R ^a   Madsen, John A ^b   Rommevaux Jestin, Celine ^c   Sclater, John ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Bouguer anomalies; Gravity anomalies; Mantle; Mid ocean ridges; See floor spreading; Segmentation; Southwest indian ridge

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; BOUGUER ANOMALY; MANTLE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; SEGMENTATION;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0032448889     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(98)00154-x     Document Type: Article

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