Three-dimensional shallow crustal emplacement at the 9°03′N overlapping spreading center on the East Pacific Rise: Correlations between magnetization and tomographic images

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B8, 2001, Pages 16101-16117

  Bazin, S ^a,b   Harding, A J ^a   Kent, G M ^a   Orcutt, J A ^a   Tong, C H ^c   Pye, J W ^c   Singh, S C ^b,c   Barton, P J ^c   Sinha, M C ^c,d   White, R S ^c   Hobbs, R W ^c   Van Avendonk, H J A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EMPLACEMENT; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034806581     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jb000371     Document Type: Article

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