The trace of the Pacific-Cocos-Nazca triple junction in the Central Pacific and the formation of an overlapping spreading centre

Terra Nova

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 246-251

  Meschede, Martin ^a,d   Barckhausen, Udo ^b   Engels, Martin ^b   Weinrebe, Wilhelm ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

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

^d Institute for Geography and Geology   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCOS PLATE; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; NAZCA PLATE; PLATE TECTONICS; SPREADING CENTER; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL);

EID: 44649092028     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2008.00812.x     Document Type: Article

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