The abundance of ultramafic rocks in Atlantic Ocean crust

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 37-48

  Carlson, R L ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic Crust; Seismic Properties; Seismic Structure; Serpentine; Ultramafic

Indexed keywords

OCEANIC CRUST; SEISMIC VELOCITY; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0035135114     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0956-540X.2000.01280.x     Document Type: Article

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