Early Cretaceous motion of Flemish Cap with respect to North America: Implications on the formation of Orphan Basin and SE Flemish Cap-Galicia Bank conjugate margins

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 282, Issue , 2007, Pages 63-76

  Sibuet, J C ^a   Srivastava, S P ^b   Enachescu, M ^c   Karner, G D ^d,e  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^d Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

^e EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUGUER ANOMALY; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRETACEOUS; EXTENSION; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MICROPLATE; NORMAL FAULT; NORTH AMERICAN PLATE; PLATE MOTION; RIFTING; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; FLEMISH CAP; GALICIA BANK; LABRADOR SEA; ORPHAN BASIN;

EID: 34548229511     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP282.4     Document Type: Article

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