Leg 210 synthesis: Tectonic, magmatic, and sedimentary evolution of the Newfoundland-Iberia rift

Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program: Scientific Results

Volumn 210, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Tucholke, Brian E ^a   Sibuet, Jean Claude ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b IFREMER   (France)

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