The South Atlantic Ridge morphology between 0°S and 50°S;Morfoestrutura da Cordilheira Mesoceânica no atlântico sul entre 0°S e 50°S

Revista Brasileira de Geofisica

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 231-241

  Stanton, Natasha ^a   Mello, Sidney L M ^b   Sichel, Susanna E ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ridge morphology; Ridge structure; South atlantic ridge

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MAGMATISM; SPATIAL VARIATION; TOPOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 36749041901     PISSN: 0102261X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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