Variations of backscatter strength along the super slow-spreading Southwest Indian Ridge between 57°E and 70°E

Marine Geology

Volumn 140, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 237-248

  Sauter, Daniel ^a   Mendel, Véronique ^a  

^a UMR 7063   (France)

Author keywords

Backscatter strength; Rodrigues Triple Junction; Sediment cover; Segmentation; Southwest Indian Ridge; Volcanic activity

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTER; BACKSCATTER STRENGTH; MID OCEAN RIDGE; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; MULTIBEAM SONAR; RIDGE SEGMENTATION; SEA FLOOR SPREADING; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; VOLCANISM;

INDIAN OCEAN, SOUTHWEST INDIAN RIDGE;

EID: 0030845638     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(97)00033-9     Document Type: Article

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