Bathymetry, depth to magnetic basement, and sediment thickness estimates from aerogeophysical data over the western Weddell Basin

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B4, 1997, Pages 7929-7945

  LaBrecquel, John L ^a,c,d   Ghidella, Marta E ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

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

^d NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; AERIAL SURVEYS; BATHYMETRY; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL MARGINS; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS; GRAVITY SURVEY; MAGNETIC SURVEY; SEDIMENT THICKNESS;

ANTARCTICA, ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 0030845979     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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