Modal depths from shipboard bathymetry: There IS a South Pacific Superswell

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 3397-3400

  McNutt, Marcia K ^a,b   Sichoix, Lydie ^a   Bonneville, Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA POLYNÉSIE FRANÇAISE   (French Polynesia)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; MODAL ANALYSIS; SOUNDING APPARATUS; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SHIPS;

DEPTH ANOMALIES; GRIDDED BATHYMETRY; SOUTH PACIFIC SUPERSWELL;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; MODAL ANALYSIS;

BATHYMETRY; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; DEPTH ANOMALY; SOUTH PACIFIC SUPERSWELL;

PACIFIC, (SOUTH);

AGE DEPENDENCE; BATHYMETRIC DATA; COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; MULTIBEAMS; SATELLITE NAVIGATION; SEA FLOOR; SHIP SOUNDING; STUDY AREAS;

EID: 0030292162     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL03053     Document Type: Article

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