A new starting point for the South and Equatorial Atlantic Ocean

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 1-37

  Moulin, Maryline ^a,b   Aslanian, Daniel ^a   Unternehr, Patrick ^c  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

initial kinematic reconstruction; intraplate deformation; magnetic anomalies; South and Equatorial Atlantic Oceans

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; FRACTURE ZONE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; KINEMATICS; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MODEL TEST; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

ACCIPITRIDAE;

EID: 75649113774     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2009.08.001     Document Type: Review

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