Seismic images and magnetic signature of the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous Africa-Eurasia plate boundary off SW Iberia

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 554-568

  Rovere, M ^a,b   Ranero, C R ^c   Sartori, R ^e   Torelli, L ^d   Zitellini, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Continental margins; Horseshoe Abyssal Plain; Magnetic anomalities; Oceanic crust; Plate tectonics; Seismic reflection

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN PLATE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRETACEOUS; EURASIAN PLATE; JURASSIC; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; OCEAN-CONTINENT TRANSITION; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC SURVEY; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 4344579527     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02339.x     Document Type: Article

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