Modal depth anomalies from multibeam bathymetry: Is there a South Pacific superswell?

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 139, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 1-16

  Levitt, Daniel A ^a   Sandwell, David T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Hot spots; Multichannel methods; South pacific; Superswells

Indexed keywords

AGE-DEPTH RELATIONSHIP; BATHYMETRIC SURVEYS; DEPTH ANOMALY; DEPTH/AGE BEHAVIOUR; LITHOSPHERE; MODAL DEPTH ANOMALIES; MODE SEEKING ESTIMATION; MULTIBEAM BATHYMETRY; SUPERSWELL;

PACIFIC, (SOUTH);

EID: 0029756213     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(95)00247-a     Document Type: Article

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