Structure of the Malpelo Ridge (Colombia) from seismic and gravity modelling

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 289-300

  Marcaillou, Boris ^a,b   Charvis, Philippe ^a   Collot, Jean Yves ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cocos Nazca spreading centre; Galapagos hot spot; Malpelo ridge; Multichanel seismic; Wide angle seismic

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

COLOMBIA; MULTICHANNEL SEISMIC; WIDE ANGLE SEISMIC;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKENING; GRAVITY SURVEY; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMICITY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

COLOMBIA; MALPELO RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33751049685     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11001-006-9009-y     Document Type: Article

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