Breakup of the Newfoundland-Iberia rift

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 282, Issue , 2007, Pages 9-46

  Tucholke, B E ^a   Sawyer, D S ^b   Sibuet, J C ^c  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; APTIAN; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CRUSTAL THINNING; EXTENSION; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; OCEANIC CRUST; PLATE BOUNDARY; RHEOLOGY; RIFTING; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; IBERIAN MARGIN; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34548271528     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP282.2     Document Type: Article

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