A bathymetric overview of the Mariana forearc

Island Arc

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 525-540

  Stern, Robert J ^a   Smoot, N Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bathymetric survey; Forearc basin; Lithosphere; Mariana Arc; Pacific Ocean; Structural geology

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; FOREARC BASIN; LITHOSPHERE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

MARIANA ARC; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032466141     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.1998.00208.x     Document Type: Article

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