The SW African volcanic rifted margin and the initiation of the Walvis Ridge, South Atlantic

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 207-214

  Elliott, Gavin M ^a,b   Berndt, Christian ^a,c   Parson, Lindsay M ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Outer highs; Seaward dipping reflectors; Volcanic rifted margins; Walvis Ridge

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; REFLECTION; SEISMOLOGY; TRANSFORM FAULTS;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DATA SUPPORT; HOT SPOT; OUTER HIGHS; RIFTED MARGINS; SEISMIC DATAS; SOUTH ATLANTIC; WALVIS RIDGE;

VOLCANOES;

ACCRETION; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; HOT SPOT; RIFTING; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC MIGRATION; SEISMIC REFLECTION; TRANSFORM FAULT; VOLCANISM;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); WALVIS RIDGE;

EID: 74349110227     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11001-009-9077-x     Document Type: Article

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