Structure and development of the southeast Newfoundland continental passive margin: Derived from SCREECH Transect 3

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 1004-1020

  Deemer, Sharon ^a   Hall, Jeremy ^a   Solvason, Krista ^b   Lau, K W Helen ^c   Louden, Keith ^d   Srivastava, Shiri ^e   Sibuet, Jean Claude ^f  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b CNOOC LTD   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^f IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Continental margins: Divergent; Crustal structure; Submarine tectonics and Volcanism

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; PASSIVE MARGIN; RIFTING; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GRAND BANKS; NEWFOUNDLAND BASIN;

EID: 67749127604     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04162.x     Document Type: Article

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