The nature of the crust under Cayman Trough from gravity

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 971-987

  ten Brink, Uri S ^a   Coleman, Dwight F ^b,c   Dillon, W P ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Institute for Exploration   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean plate; Cayman trough; Continental margins; Gravity anomalies; Serpentinized peridotite; Slow spreading

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THICKNESS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; REFRACTION; ROCKS;

GEOLOGY;

CARIBBEAN PLATE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; GRAVITY SURVEY; OCEAN BASIN; PERIDOTITE; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SERPENTINIZATION;

CARIBBEAN SEA;

EID: 0036767418     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-8172(02)00132-0     Document Type: Article

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