Abstract
EVIDENCE obtained during geophysical investigations aboard the USCGC Mariposa in the summer of 1967 strongly supports the hypothesis1 that an inactive branch of the Mid-Oceanic Ridge lies buried beneath the axis of the Labrador Sea.
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JOHNSON, G., PEW, J. Extension of the Mid-Labrador Sea Ridge. Nature 217, 1033–1034 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/2171033a0
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