Eurasia spreading basin to Laptev shelf transition: Structural pattern and heat flow

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 688-698

  Drachev, S S ^a   Kaul, N ^b   Beliaev, V N ^c  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c Geological Expedition   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Eurasia Basin; Heat flow; Laptev Sea; Ocean continent transition; Rifts; Spreading

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GRAVITY SURVEY; HEAT FLOW; RIFTING; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SPREADING CENTER; TECTONIC SETTING;

EURASIA; LAPTEV SEA;

EID: 0037342056     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01882.x     Document Type: Article

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