Tectonics at the axis of the very slow spreading Southwest Indian Ridge: Insights from TOBI side-scan sonar imagery

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Gomez, Olga ^a,b   Briais, Anne ^a,c   Sauter, Daniel ^d   Mendel, Véronique ^d  

^a LEGOS   (France)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c IRAP   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Discontinuities; Mid ocean ridges; Side scan sonar; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

EID: 50649090608     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GC000955     Document Type: Article

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