Crustal structure of the continent-ocean transition off the Cote d'Ivoire-Ghana transform margin: Implications for thermal exchanges across the palaeotransform boundary

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 662-678

  Sage, F ^a   Basile, Ch ^b   Mascle, J ^a   Pontoise, B ^c   Whitmarsh, R B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continental margins; Crustal structure; Gravity; Seismic structure; Thermal conductivity; Transform faults

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; TRANSFORM FAULT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; COTE D'IVOIRE; GHANA;

EID: 0034529098     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2000.00276.x     Document Type: Article

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