Early Pleistocene volcanism in the Emile Baudot Seamount, Balearic Promontory (western Mediterranean Sea)

Marine Geology

Volumn 207, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 247-257

  Acosta, J ^a   Ancochea, E ^b   Canals, M ^c   Huertas, M J ^b   Uchupi, E ^d  

^a INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Campus de Pedralbes ^*  (Spain)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Balearic Promontory; Emile Baudot Seamount; Pleistocene volcanism; South Majorca Volcanic Field

Indexed keywords

CALCAREOUS BRECCIA; SEAMOUNT;

BASALT; CARBONATES; ROCKS; SEISMOLOGY;

VOLCANOES;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; PLEISTOCENE; SEAMOUNT; VOLCANISM;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MAJORCA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 3042803401     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2004.04.003     Document Type: Article

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