Upper crustal evolution across the Juan de Fuca ridge flanks

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Nedimović, Mladen R ^a,b   Carbotte, Suzanne M ^b   Diebold, John B ^b   Harding, Alistair J ^c   Canales, J Pablo ^d   Kent, Graham M ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Juan de Fuca ridge flanks; Multichannel seismics; Reflection imaging; Traveltime modeling; Upper crustal evolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 67549151526     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GC002085     Document Type: Article

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