The morphology of intrusion-related vent structures and their implications for constraining the timing of intrusive events along the NE Atlantic margin

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 163, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 789-800

  Hansen, Dorthe Möller ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; MARGINAL SEA; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC DATA; SILL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

EID: 33748658073     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492004-167     Document Type: Article

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