Anomalous lithospheric structure of Northern Juan de Fuca plate - A consequence of oceanic rift propagation?

Tectonophysics

Volumn 406, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 213-231

  McClymont, Alastair F ^a,b   Clowes, Ron M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Gravity modelling; Juan de Fuca plate; Pseudofault; Seismic refraction; Serpentinized peridotites

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; RIFTING;

EID: 24644485338     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2005.05.026     Document Type: Article

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