Ultrafast oceanic spreading of the Marsili Basin, southern Tyrrhenian Sea: Evidence from magnetic anomaly analysis

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 717-720

  Nicolosi, Iacopo ^a   Speranza, Fabio ^a   Chiappini, Massimo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Magnetic anomalies; Marsili Basin; Ocean spreading; Tyrrhenian Sea

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; MAGNETIC MAPS; OCEAN SPREADING;

GEOMAGNETISM; MAPS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

CATCHMENTS;

EPISODIC EVENT; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGMATISM; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; OCEAN BASIN; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; TECTONIC SETTING;

MARSILI BASIN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

EID: 33748925576     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22555.1     Document Type: Article

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