From slow to ultraslow: A previously undetected event at the Southwest Indian Ridge at ca. 24 Ma

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 207-210

  Patriat, Philippe ^a   Sloan, Heather ^b   Sauter, Daniel ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

Author keywords

Global tectonics; Kinematics; Magnetic anomalies; Mid ocean ridges

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL TECTONICS; MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; MID-OCEAN RIDGES;

FRACTURE; GEOMAGNETISM; KINEMATICS;

TECTONICS;

FRACTURE ZONE; KINEMATICS; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; SPREADING CENTER; TECTONIC ROTATION;

INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTHWEST INDIAN RIDGE;

EID: 44449086339     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24270A.1     Document Type: Article

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