Abyssal hills formed by stretching oceanic lithosphere

Nature

Volumn 392, Issue 6673, 1998, Pages 272-275

  Roger Buck, W ^a   Pollakov, Alexel N B ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL HILL; FAULTING; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE;

ARTICLE; GEOLOGY; MODEL; OCEANIC REGIONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SHEAR STRESS; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 2642624627     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/32636     Document Type: Article

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