The Vema Transverse ridge (Central Atlantic)

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 533-556

  Kastens, Kim ^a,b   Bonatti, Enrico ^a,c   Caress, David ^a,d   Carrara, Gabriela ^c   Dauteuil, Olivier ^e   Frueh Green, Gretchen ^f   Ligi, Marco ^c   Tartarotti, Paola ^g  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c Istituto Geologia Marina   (Italy)

^d Monterey Bay Research Institution

^e CNRS   (France)

^f ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fracture zone; Lithosphere; Transverse ridge

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE ZONE; LITHOSPHERE; SUBMARINE RIDGE; TRANSFORM FAULT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; VEMA TRANSVERSE RIDGE;

EID: 0032471748     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004745127999     Document Type: Article

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