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Crustal Age images use data compiled by:
- R. Dietmar Müller, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Sydney, Australia,
- Walter R. Roest, Geological Survey of Canada,
- Jean-Yves Royer, Lab. de Géodynamique, Villefranche Sur Mer, France,
- Lisa M. Gahagan, Institute for Geophysics, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, and
- John G. Sclater, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California.
A published reference for the age grid is:
Müller, R.D., Roest, W.R., Royer, J.-Y., Gahagan, L.M., and Sclater, J.G., A digital age map of the ocean floor. SIO Reference Series 93-30, Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
The data are described in a Data and Analysis Note in the Journal of Geophysical Research (1997) entitled
Digital Isochrons of the World's Ocean Floor.
Accompanying Data and information from EarthByte:
http://www.earthbyte.org/Resources/Agegrid/1997/digit_isochrons.html
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