Extensive volcaniclastic deposits at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge axis: Results of deep-water basaltic explosive volcanic activity?

Terra Nova

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 280-286

  Fouquet, Yves ^a   Eissen, Jean Philippe ^b   Ondréas, Hélène ^a   Barriga, Fernando ^c   Batiza, Rodey ^d   Danyushevsky, Leonid ^e  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b IRD Centre de Bretagne   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE VOLCANISM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; SUBMARINE VOLCANO; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032465005     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3121.1998.00204.x     Document Type: Article

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