Flexural uplift of a lithospheric slab near the Vema transform (Central Atlantic): Timing and mechanisms

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 240, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 642-655

  Bonatti, Enrico ^a,b,c   Brunelli, Daniele ^a,d   Buck, W Roger ^b   Cipriani, Anna ^a,b   Fabretti, Paola ^a   Ferrante, Valentina ^a   Gasperini, Luca ^a   Ligi, Marco ^a  

^a ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

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

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d CE Saclay   (France)

Author keywords

Lithospheric flexure; Mid ocean ridge; Oceanic lithosphere; Oceanic transform

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERIC FLEXURE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; OCEANIC TRANSFORM;

BATHYMETRY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROCKS; SEA LEVEL; SHRINKAGE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

FLEXURE; GEODYNAMICS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; UPLIFT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 28044457415     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.10.010     Document Type: Article

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