Magnetic anomalies and seafloor spreading rates in the northern South Atlantic

T H van Andel; T C Moore Jr

doi:10.1038/226328a0

Magnetic anomalies and seafloor spreading rates in the northern South Atlantic

Nature. 1970 Apr 25;226(5243):328-30. doi: 10.1038/226328a0.

Authors

T H van Andel¹, T C Moore Jr

Affiliation

¹ Department of Oceanography, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, USA.

PMID: 16057239
DOI: 10.1038/226328a0

Abstract

A geomagnetic profile across the northern South Atlantic yields spreading rates for the last 70 m.y. which vary from 1.6 to 2.0 cm/year. There is evidence for three regional discontinuities in the spreading history of the South Atlantic.