The Agulhas Ridge, South Atlantic: The peculiar structure of a fracture zone

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 305-319

  Uenzelmann Neben, Gabriele ^a   Gohl, Karsten ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agulhas Ridge; Agulhas Falkland Fracture Zone; Bouvet hotspot; Discovery hotspot; ODP Leg 177; Seismic reflection and refraction data; Shona hotspot; South Atlantic; Transverse ridge

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; TECTONICS;

BOUVET HOTSPOT; DISCOVERY HOTSPOT; SEISMIC REFLECTION AND REFRACTION DATA; SHONA HOTSPOT; TRANSVERSE RIDGE;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

FRACTURE ZONE; SEISMIC SURVEY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

AGULHAS PLATEAU; INDIAN OCEAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 26844562502     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11001-005-1338-8     Document Type: Article

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