Crustal structure of the Ontong Java Plateau: Modeling of new gravity and existing seismic data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B10, 1997, Pages 22711-22729

  Gladczenko, Tadeusz P ^a   Coffin, Millard F ^b   Eldholm, Olav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GRAVITY SURVEY; GRAVITY SURVEYS; OCEANIC PLATEAU; SEISMIC SURVEY; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; SEISMIC VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

PACIFIC, ONTONG JAVA PLATEAU;

EID: 0031414844     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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