High-resolution bathymetry of the East Pacific Rise axial summit trough 9° 49' - 51'N: A compilation of Alvin scanning sonar and altimetry data from 1991-1995

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1209-1212

  Kurras, G J ^a   Edwards, M H ^a   Fornari, D J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; BIOMARKERS; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA REDUCTION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; MAPS; SONAR; STATISTICAL METHODS; DATA VISUALIZATION;

ALTIMETRY; SCANNING SONAR;

OCEANOGRAPHY; BATHYMETRY;

BATHYMETRY; TOPOGRAPHY;

PACIFIC, EAST PACIFIC RISE;

ACTIVE AREA; BATHYMETRIC DATA; EAST PACIFIC RISE; HIGH RESOLUTION BATHYMETRY; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; LAVA SURFACE; SCANNING SONAR; SEA FLOOR;

EID: 0032522308     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00721     Document Type: Article

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