Geometry and structure of the Vitiaz Trench Lineament (SW Pacific)

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2-4, 1996, Pages 305-335

  Pelletier, Bernard ^a   Auzende, Jean Marie ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^b IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Oceanic crust; Subduction zone; SW pacific; Swath bathymetry; Vitiaz Trench Lineament; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

LINEAMENT; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SONAR IMAGERY; STRUCTURAL GEOMETRY; SUBDUCTION ZONES; SWATH BATHYMETRY;

PACIFIC, VITIAZ TRENCH LINEAMENT;

EID: 0030499577     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00286083     Document Type: Article

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