Continuous near-bottom gravity measurements made with a BGM-3 gravimeter in DSV Alvin on the East Pacific Rise crest near 9°31′N and 9°50′N

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B5, 1999, Pages 10841-10861

  Cochran, James R ^a   Fornari, Daniel J ^b   Coakley, Bernard J ^a   Herr, Randall ^c   Tivey, Maurice A ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUGUER ANOMALY; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY; GRAVITY SURVEY; MAGMATISM; MID-OCEAN RIDGE;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0006736328     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900049     Document Type: Article

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