A map series of the Southern East Pacific Rise and its flanks, 15° S to 19° S

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-12

  Scheirer, Daniel S ^a,b   Macdonald, Ken C ^a   Forsyth, Donald W ^b   Miller, Stephen P ^a,c   Wright, Dawn J ^a,d   Cormier, Marie Hélène ^a,e   Weiland, Charles M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SeaBeam Instruments   (United States)

^d NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

East Pacific rise; Map series; Melt; Seamounts

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRIC CHARTS; BATHYMETRY; MAP SERIES; MAPPING; MID OCEAN RIDGE; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; SEAMOUNT; SPREADING CENTRES;

PACIFIC, EAST PACIFIC RISE;

EID: 0029751664     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf00286201     Document Type: Article

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