Tectonics and sedimentary environment of the North Scotia Ridge region revealed by side-scan sonar

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 155, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 941-956

  Cunningham, Alex P ^a   Barker, Peter F ^a   Tomlinson, Jeremy S ^a,b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b PGS Tensor UK Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accretionary wedges; GLORIA; Scotia Ridge; South Atlantic

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; SIDESCAN SONAR; TECTONICS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032453798     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.155.6.0941     Document Type: Article

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