Multiscale spectral analysis of bathymetry on the flank of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: Modification of the seafloor by mass wasting and sedimentation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B7, 1997, Pages 15447-15462

  Goff, John A ^a   Tucholke, Brian E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL HILL; BATHYMETRY; MASS MOVEMENT; MID OCEAN RIDGE; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; RIDGE FLANK; SEDIMENTATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC, MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 0031439027     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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