The Canary Islands swell: A coherence analysis of bathymetry and gravity

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 479-488

  Canales, J P ^a,b   Danobeitia J J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Coherence; Lithospheric structure; Oceanic swell

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000100121     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1998.00448.x     Document Type: Article

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