Axial magnetic anomaly amplitude along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between 20°N and 40°N

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 24201-24221

  Ravilly, Morgane ^a   Dyment, Jérôme ^a   Gente, Pascal ^a   Thibaud, Rémy ^a  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOT SPOT; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; SEGMENTATION; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 0032505822     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jb01071     Document Type: Article

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