Deep structure of the ocean-continent transition in the southern Iberia Abyssal Plain from seismic refraction profiles: Ocean Drilling Program (Legs 149 and 173) transect

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B4, 1999, Pages 7443-7462

  Chian, Deping ^a,d   Louden, Keith E ^a   Minshull, Tim A ^b   Whitmarsh, Robert B ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; OCEAN-CONTINENT TRANSITION; SEISMIC REFRACTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; IBERIA ABYSSAL PLAIN;

EID: 0033541434     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900004     Document Type: Article

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