Crustal magnetization and accretion at the Southwest Indian Ridge near the Atlantis II fracture zone, 0-25 Ma

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Hosford, Allegra ^a,b   Tivey, Maurice ^a   Matsumoto, Takeshi ^c   Dick, Henry ^a   Schouten, Hans ^a   Kinoshita, Hajimu ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymmetric spreading; Atlantic II fracture zone; Crustal magnetization; Mid ocean ridge; Ridge segmentation; Southwest Indian Ridge

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIZATION; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; PALEOMAGNETISM; SPREADING CENTER;

INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTHWEST INDIAN RIDGE;

EID: 0038504535     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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