Magmatic breakup as an explanation for magnetic anomalies at magma-poor rifted margins

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 549-553

  Bronner, Adrien ^a   Sauter, Daniel ^a   Manatschal, Gianreto ^a   Péron Pinvidic, Gwenn ^b   Munschy, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; EXHUMATION; KINEMATICS; MAGMA; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; SEAFLOOR; TRANSITION ZONE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CANADA; IBERIAN PENINSULA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR;

EID: 79961074093     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1201     Document Type: Article

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