Pacific Plate motion and undulations in geoid and bathymetry

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 140, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 53-66

  Wessel, P ^a   Kroenke, L W ^a   Bercovici, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Geoid; Gravity anomalies; Pacific Plate; Plate rotation

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; GEOID; LITHOSPHERIC BOUDINAGE; PACIFIC PLATE; PLATE MOTION;

PACIFIC;

EID: 0029828178     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821X(96)00037-4     Document Type: Article

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