Magnetic evidence for slow seafloor spreading during the formation of the Newfoundland and Iberian margins

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 61-76

  Srivastava, S P ^a   Sibuet, J C ^b   Cande, S ^c   Roest, W R ^a   Reid, I D ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b IFREMER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Continental margin; Magnetic anomalies; Newfoundland; Sea floor spreading; Transition zones

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; TRANSITION ZONE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA;

EID: 0033793932     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00231-4     Document Type: Article

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