Magnetic structure of a slow spreading ridge segment: Insights from near-bottom magnetic measurements on board a submersible

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Honsho, Chie ^a   Dyment, Jérôme ^b   Tamaki, Kensaku ^a   Ravilly, Morgane ^b,c   Horen, Hélène ^b,d   Gente, Pascal ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Universite de Bretagne Occidentale   (France)

^c CREOCEAN   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MAGNETITE; MAGNETOMETER; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PERIDOTITE; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; SEAFLOOR; SERPENTINIZATION; SUBMERSIBLE;

EID: 67651097702     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB005915     Document Type: Article

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