The structure of Cretaceous oceanic crust of the NW Pacific: Constraints on processes at fast spreading centers

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B1, 1999, Pages 629-644

  Reston, T J ^a,c   Ranero, C R ^a   Belykh, I ^b,d  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d Applied Geophysics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; OCEANIC CRUST; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SPREADING CENTRE;

(NORTHWEST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033540329     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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