The Arctic plate boundary

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Engen, Øyvind ^a   Eldholm, Olav ^a   Bungum, Hilmar ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORSAR   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEANIC CRUST; PLATE BOUNDARY; RIFTING; TRANSFORM FAULT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; LAPTEV SEA;

EID: 17944400414     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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