Seismic structure of an oceanic core complex at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 2219N

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Dannowski, Anke ^a   Grevemeyer, Ingo ^a   Ranero, Cesar R ^b   Ceuleneer, Georges ^c   Maia, Marcia ^d   Morgan, Jason Phipps ^e   Gente, Pascal ^d  

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

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d Universite de Bretagne Occidentale   (France)

^e Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DATA INVERSION; FAULTING; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; MOHO; OCEANIC CRUST; P-WAVE; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFRACTION; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SEISMIC VELOCITY; TRAVEL TIME; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LOWER CRUST; MANTLE SOURCE; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; PETROLOGY; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC SURVEY; UPPER MANTLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 77955209693     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006943     Document Type: Article

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