Structure of Mesozoic oceanic crust in the vicinity of the Cape Verde Islands from seismic reflection profiles

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 329-343

  Ali, M Y ^a,c   Watts, A B ^a   Hill, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Cape Verde islands; Flexure; Fracture zones; Moho; Oceanic crust; Seismic reflectors

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LITHOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; TECTONICS;

FLEXURE; FRACTURE ZONES; OCEANIC CRUST; SEISMIC REFLECTORS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

MESOZOIC; OCEANIC CRUST; SEISMIC SURVEY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAPE VERDE; MACARONESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 23944449396     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11001-004-3331-z     Document Type: Article

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