Evidence for unusually thin oceanic crust and strong mantle beneath the Amazon Fan

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1081-1084

  Rodger, M ^a   Watts, A B ^a   Greenroyd, C J ^b   Peirce, C ^b   Hobbs, R W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amazon Fan; Crustal structure; Gravity anomalies; Isostasy; Mantle

Indexed keywords

AMAZON FAN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURES; GRAVITY ANOMALIES; ISOSTASY; STRONG MANTLE; THIN CRUST;

GRAVITATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEISMOGRAPHS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

CRUSTAL THICKNESS; GRAVITY ANOMALY; ISOSTASY; OCEANIC CRUST; RIFTING; SEAFLOOR SPREADING;

AMAZON FAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 33845588333     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22966A.1     Document Type: Article

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