Trends and rhythms in global seafloor generation rate

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Cogné, Jean Pascal ^a   Humler, Eric ^b,c  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Oceanic crust; Production rates; Spreading rates

Indexed keywords

EID: 71849098486     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GC001148     Document Type: Article

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