Forces driving ridge propagation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B10, 1999, Pages 22845-22858

  West, Brian P ^a,c   Lin, Jian ^a   Christie, David M ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MID-OCEAN RIDGE; RIFTING; SEAFLOOR SPREADING;

INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTHWEST INDIAN RIDGE;

EID: 0033543840     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900154     Document Type: Article

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