Potential field evidence for a volcanic rifted margin along the Texas Gulf Coast

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 387-390

  Mickus, Kevin ^a   Stern, Robert J ^b   Keller, G R ^c   Anthony, Elizabeth Y ^d  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUGUER GRAVITY; CALIFORNIA; EAST COAST; GULF COAST; GULF OF MEXICO; JURASSIC; ME-XICO; POTENTIAL FIELD; REFRACTION DATA; RIFT SYSTEMS; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

VOLCANOES;

BOUGUER ANOMALY; GEOMAGNETISM; PASSIVE MARGIN; POTENTIAL FIELD; RIFT ZONE; SEISMIC REFRACTION; TRANSITION ZONE; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 69649084487     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25465A.1     Document Type: Article

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