Crustal structure of the Hatton and the conjugate east Greenland rifted volcanic continental margins, NE Atlantic

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  White, Robert S ^a   Smith, Lindsey K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BP ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; FLOOD BASALT; MANTLE PLUME; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEISMOGRAPH; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; VOLCANIC LANDFORM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

EID: 66149190709     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB005856     Document Type: Article

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