Detailed geological mapping of two contrasting second-order segments of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between Oceanographer and Hayes fracture zones (33°30°N-35°N)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B10, 1999, Pages 22903-22921

  Gràcia, Eulàlia ^a,d   Bideau, Daniel ^b   Hekinian, Roger ^b   Lagabrielle, Yves ^c  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^d INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MID-OCEAN RIDGE; RIFT ZONE; SEAFLOOR SPREADING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 0033543831     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900161     Document Type: Article

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