Anomalous melt production after continental break-up in the Southern Iberia Abyssal Plain

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 187, Issue , 2001, Pages 537-550

  Minshull, T A ^a   Dean, S M ^a   White, R S ^a   Whitmarsh, R B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; MELT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; OCEAN-CONTINENT TRANSITION; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0035722387     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2001.187.01.26     Document Type: Article

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