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Evidence for unusually thin oceanic crust and strong mantle beneath the Amazon fan (2006)
Journal Article
Rodger, M., Watts, A., Greenroyd, C., Peirce, C., & Hobbs, R. (2006). Evidence for unusually thin oceanic crust and strong mantle beneath the Amazon fan. Geology, 34(12), 1081-1084. https://doi.org/10.1130/g22966a.1

We used seismic and gravity data to determine the structure of the crust and mantle beneath the Amazon Fan. Seismic data suggest that the crust is of oceanic-type and is unusually thin (