Longitudinal variations of the subsidence rate over the flanks of the Mid-Atlantic ridge in the Central Atlantic

Oceanology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 414-421

  Byakov, A F ^a   Kaz'min, V G ^a  

^a SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MID-OCEAN RIDGE; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBSIDENCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0141680426     PISSN: 00014370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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