The seafloor swells and Superswell in French Polynesia

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue B11, 1998, Pages 27123-27133

  Sichoix, L ^a   Bonneville, A ^a   McNutt, M K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA POLYNÉSIE FRANÇAISE   (French Polynesia)

^b MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPTH; HOT SPOT; KINEMATICS; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; SEAFLOOR; SWELL; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

FRENCH POLYNESIA;

EID: 0032455411     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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