Bathymetric map of the NE Atlantic Ocean and Bay of Biscay: Kinematic implications;Carte bathymétrique de l'Atlantique nord-est et du golfe de Gascogne: Implications cinématiques

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 175, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 429-442

  Sibuet, Jean Claude ^a   Monti, Serge ^a   Loubrieu, Benoît ^a   Mazé, Jean Pierre ^a   Srivastava, Shiri ^b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bathymetric map; Bay of Biscay; Northeast Atlantic; Plate kinematics; Triple junction

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; KINEMATICS; PLATE TECTONICS; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF BISCAY; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 7544221268     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/175.5.429     Document Type: Article

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