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Publication Type
Publication
Publication date
1979-12
Language
English
Full Text
Copyright:
Macmillan Journals
Author(s)
Hekinian Roger, Bonte P., Dupley P.L., Blanc P.L., Jehano C., Labeyrie L., Dupleyssis J.C.
Source:
Nature (Macmillan Journals), 1979-12 , Vol. 257 , N. 5680 , P. 536-538
Subject(s)
Geology
Mot-Clé(s)
Histoire Ifremer
Abstract
THE Sierra Leone Rise, located in the east equatorial Atlantic, forms a discontinuous chain of seamounts as shallow as 2 km extending with a general NE-SW trend from near the Sierra Leone Coast of Africa, to the St Paul fracture zone near the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (Fig. 1). The origin of this feature has remained a topic of discussion. Sheridan et al. have hypothesised that the Sierra Leone Rise is a volcanic structure formed at the beginning of the opening of the Atlantic in the early Cretaceous period. [NOT CONTROLLED OCR]
How to cite this document:
Hekinian Roger, Bonte P., Dupley P.L., Blanc P.L., Jehano C., Labeyrie L., Dupleyssis J.C. (1979). Volcanics from the Sierra Leone Rise. Nature, 257(5680), 536-538. Open Access version : http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/5259/
Hekinian Roger, Bonte P., Dupley P.L., Blanc P.L., Jehano C., Labeyrie L., Dupleyssis J.C. (1979). Volcanics from the Sierra Leone Rise. Nature, 257(5680), 536-538. Open Access version : http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/5259/
