Continental crust in the Lomonosov Ridge, Mendeleev Ridge, and the Makarov basin. The formation of deep-water basins in the Neogene

Russian Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1179-1191

  Artyushkov, E V ^a  

^a SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Earth's crust; Eclogitization; Lomonosov Ridge; Makarov basin; Mendeleev Ridge; Rapid subsidence

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; ECLOGITE; MIOCENE; MOHO; OCEANIC CRUST; P-WAVE; SEISMOTECTONICS; SUBSIDENCE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; LOMONOSOV RIDGE; MAKAROV BASIN; MENDELEYEV RIDGE;

EID: 77957956165     PISSN: 10687971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rgg.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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