Transform zones in the South Atlantic rifted continental margins

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 210, Issue , 2003, Pages 211-228

  Mohriak, W U ^a   Rosendahl, B R ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; FRACTURE ZONE; PLATE TECTONICS; RIFTING; SEISMIC DATA; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TRANSFORM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0141837195     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.210.01.13     Document Type: Article

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