Paleomagnetic investigation of seamounts in the vicinity of Ogasawara Fracture Zone northwest of the Marshall Islands, western Pacific

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 355-360

  Lee, Tae Gook ^a,b   Lee, Sang Mook ^a   Moon, Jae Woon ^a   Lee, Kiehwa ^b  

^a Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Apparent Polar Wander Path (APWP); Cretaceous seamounts; Magnetic field inversion; Seamount paleomagnetism

Indexed keywords

PALEOMAGNETISM; SEAMOUNT;

MARSHALL ISLANDS; MICRONESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 12344299066     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03351769     Document Type: Article

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