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| Buffler, R T; Shaub, F J; Huerta, R; Ibrahim, Abk; Watkins, J S. |
| Seismic data from the deep Gulf of Mexico basin indicate: 1) inferred ocenaic crust in the deep central Gulf (5 to 6 km thick; 6.8 to 7.1 km/sec.) is flanked symmetrically on the north and south by inferred transitional crust (8 to 15 km thick; 6.4 to 6.8 km/sec.); 2) acoustic basement seen on the reflection data in the central Gulf is an irregular reflector and probably represents the top of an oceanic volcanic (basaltic) layer (layer 2); 3) northof the Campeche Escar pment the top of transitional crust is represented by a strong, smooth reflector/unconformity that truncates rift basins and is onlapped by a thick salt and sedimentary section; 4) in the southeastern Gulf transitional crust consists of tilted basement blocks probably representing a thinned... |
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| Ano: 1981 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00246/35679/34187.pdf |
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