Early development of the southern Kerguelen Plateau (Indian Ocean) from shallow wide-angle ocean bottom seismometer and multichannel seismic reflection data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 24085-24108

  Könnecke, Lis K ^a,c   Coffin, Millard F ^a   Charvis, Philippe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IGNEOUS ROCK; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; LAVA FLOW; OCEANIC LITHOSPHERE; PLATEAU; SEISMIC VELOCITY; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

INDIAN OCEAN; KERGUELEN PLATEAU;

EID: 0032505841     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jb01495     Document Type: Article

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