Structure and rifting evolution of the northern Newfoundland Basin from erable multichannel seismic reflection profiles across the southeastern margin of Flemish Cap

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 976-998

  Welford, J K ^a   Smith, J A ^b   Hall, J ^a   Deemer, S ^a   Srivastava, S P ^c   Sibuet, J C ^d  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b BP Canada Energy Group ULC   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Continental margins: divergent; Continental tectonics: extensional; Controlled source seismology; Crustal structure; Submarine tectonics and volcanism

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; OCEANIC CRUST; RIFTING; SEISMIC REFLECTION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TRANSITION ZONE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); FLEMISH CAP; GALICIA BANK; IBERIAN MARGIN; NEWFOUNDLAND BASIN;

EID: 77950013763     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04477.x     Document Type: Article

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