Gravity anomalies, crustal thickness, and the pattern of mantle flow at the fast spreading East Pacific Rise, 9°-10°N: Evidence for three-dimensional upwelling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 17927-17940

  Wang, Xuejin ^a   Cochran, James R ^a   Barth, Ginger A ^b  

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

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; GRAVITY ANOMALIES; GRAVITY ANOMALY; MANTLE FLOW; MANTLE PROCESSES; MANTLE UPWELLING; UPWELLING;

PACIFIC, EAST PACIFIC RISE;

EID: 0030430342     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jb00194     Document Type: Article

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