Seafloor spreading pattern of the North Atlantic between 10o and 40o N : a reconstruction based on shipborne measurements and satellite altimeter data

• Main Author: Roest, W.R.
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 1987
• Subjects: Aardwetenschappen; tectonics; seabed; North Atlantic Ocean; Fanning; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/238633

The history of the relative motion between North America and Africa is recorded in the floor of the central North Atlantic Ocean. The resulting pattern of magnetic anomalies and fracture zones in the area between 10° and 40° N was analysed using shipborne measurements and Seasat altimeter data. This...