Second-order segmentation; the relationship between volcanism and tectonism at the MAR, 38°N-35°40'N

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 178, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 231-251

  Parson, Lindsay ^a   Gràcia, Eulàlia ^a   Coller, Dave ^b   German, Chris ^a   Needham, David ^c  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b ERA Maptec   (Ireland)

^c IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Deep tow methods; Fault zones; Mid Atlantic Ridge; Segmentation; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

MID-OCEAN RIDGE; SEGMENTATION; TRANSFORM FAULT; VOLCANISM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0343133925     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00090-X     Document Type: Article

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