Plate tectonic processes in the South Atlantic Ocean: Do we need deep mantle plumes?

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 388, Issue , 2005, Pages 537-553

  Fairhead, J Derek ^a   Wilson, Marjorie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aseismic ridge; Atlantic ocean; Rio Grande Rise; Satellite derived gravity data; Walvis Ridge

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; OCEANOGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; THERMAL PLUMES; VOLCANOES;

ASEISMIC RIDGE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GRAVITY DATA; RIO GRANDE; WALVIS RIDGE;

TECTONICS;

DATA SET; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; GPS; MANTLE PLUME; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; PLATE TECTONICS; SATELLITE DATA; SEAMOUNT;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; RIO GRANDE RISE;

EID: 84874976863     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2388-4.537     Document Type: Article

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