Mechanical control of oceanic plate boundary geometry

Tectonophysics

Volumn 313, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 265-270

  Tuckwell, George W ^a   Bull, Jonathan M ^a   Sanderson, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hotspots; Mid ocean ridge; Spreading rate; Transform fault

Indexed keywords

HOT SPOT; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; OCEANIC CRUST; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; SPREADING CENTER; TRANSFORM FAULT;

EID: 0033489909     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00206-1     Document Type: Article

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