Insights on the spreading of the Tyrrhenian Sea from the magnetic anomaly pattern

Terra Nova

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 127-133

  Florio, Giovanni ^a   Fedi, Maurizio ^a   Cella, Federico ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra Ponte Pietro Bucci   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MAGNETIZATION; SEAMOUNT; SPREADING CENTER;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

EID: 79952590651     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2011.00992.x     Document Type: Article

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