Large fault fabric of the Ninetyeast Ridge implies near-spreading ridge formation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 17, 2010, Pages

  Sager, W W ^a   Paul, C F ^a   Krishna, K S ^b   Pringle, M ^c   Eisin, A E ^a,d   Frey, F A ^c   Gopala Rao, D ^e   Levchenko, O ^f  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE   (United States)

^e OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^f SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; SEISMOLOGY;

AVERAGE SPACING; GEOLOGICAL DATA; GRAVITY DATA; HOT SPOT; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN PLATE; MULTIBEAM BATHYMETRY; SEISMIC REFLECTION PROFILES; SPREADING RIDGE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

BATHYMETRY; FAULT; HOT SPOT; PLATE TECTONICS; SATELLITE DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SPREADING CENTER; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; VOLCANISM;

INDIAN OCEAN; NINETYEAST RIDGE;

EID: 77957565224     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL044347     Document Type: Article

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