The Bauer scarp ridge jump: A complex tectonic sequence revealed in satellite altimetry

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 141, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 21-33

  Goff, John A ^a   Cochran, James R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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

Author keywords

East Pacific Rise; Gravity surveys; Satellite methods; Spreading centers

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETRY; GRAVITY FIELD; MID OCEAN RIDGE; SATELLITE DATA; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SPREADING CENTRE; TECTONICS;

PACIFIC, EAST PACIFIC RISE, BAUER SCARP;

EID: 0030450684     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(96)00061-1     Document Type: Article

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