Age, spreading rates, and spreading asymmetry of the world's ocean crust

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Müller, R Dietmar ^a   Sdrolias, Maria ^a   Gaina, Carmen ^b   Roest, Walter R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Digital isochrons; Geodynamic; Ocean floor; Plate kinematic; Seafloor spreading

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349404232     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GC001743     Document Type: Article

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