Central and eastern Bransfield basins (Antarctica) from high-resolution swath-bathymetry data

Antarctic Science

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 168-180

  Gràcia, Eulàlia ^a   Canals, Miquel ^a   Farràn, Marcellí ^b   Sorribas, Jordi ^a   Pallàs, Raimon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Backarc; Bransfield Basin; Morphostructure; Swath bathymetry; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; BACKARC BASINS; BATHYMETRY; TECTONICS; VOLCANISM;

SOUTHERN OCEAN, BRANSFIELD BASIN;

EID: 0030618181     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0954102097000229     Document Type: Article

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