IODP expeditions 309 and 312 drill an intact section upper oceanic basement into Gabbros

Scientific Drilling

Volumn , Issue 4, 2007, Pages 4-10

  Alt, Jeffrey C ^a   Teagle, Damon A H ^b   Umino, Susumu ^c   Miyashita, Sumio ^d   Banerjee, Neil R ^e   Wilson, Douglas S ^f   Acton, G D ^g   Anma, R ^g   Barr, S R ^g   Belghoul, A ^g   Carlut, J ^g   Christie, D M ^g   Coggon, R M ^g   Cooper, K M ^g   Cordier, C ^g   Crispini, L ^g   Durand, S R ^g   Einaudi, F ^g   Galli, L ^g   Gao, Y ^g   Geldmacher, J ^g   Gilbert, L A ^g   Hayman, N W ^g   Herrero Bervera, E ^g   Hirano, N ^g   Holter, S ^g   Ingle, S ^g   Jiang, S ^g   Kalberkamp, U ^g   Kerneklian, M ^g   Koepke, J ^g   Laverne, Ch ^g   Lledo Vasquez, H L ^g   Maclennan, J ^g   Morgan, S ^g   Neo, N ^g   Nichols, H J ^g   Park, S H ^g   Reichow, M K ^g   Sakuyama, T ^g   Sano, T ^g   Sandwell, R ^g   Scheibner, B ^g   Smith Duque, Ch E ^g   Swift, S A ^g   Tartarotti, P ^g   Tikku, A A ^g   Tominaga, M ^g   Veloso, E A ^g   Yamasaki, T ^g   Yamazaki, S ^g   Ziegler, Ch ^g   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GABBROIC ROCK; OCEAN DRILLING; OCEANIC CRUST;

IGNEOUS ROCKS; LEVEES; OCEANOGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

OFFSHORE DRILLING;

EID: 72049117574     PISSN: 18168957     EISSN: 18163459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2204/iodp.sd.4.01.2007     Document Type: Article

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