Effective elastic thickness of the lithosphere along the Easter Seamount Chain

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 27305-27317

  Kruse, Sarah E ^a   Liu, Zhengrong J ^b,d   Naar, David F ^b   Duncan, Robert A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC THICKNESS; HOT SPOT; LITHOSPHERE STRUCTURE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; OCEANIC CRUST; SEAMOUNT CHAIN;

PACIFIC, EASTERN SEAMOUNT CHAIN;

EID: 0031433662     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb02158     Document Type: Article

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