The last spreading episode of the West Philippine Basin revisited

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 2073-2076

  Deschamps, Anne ^a   Lallemand, Serge ^a   Dominguez, Stéphane ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; BATHYMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; OCEANOGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BATHYMETRIC DATA; CENTRAL BASIN; RIFT VALLEY; SEA FLOOR; SEAFLOOR SPREADING;

EARTH SCIENCES; TECTONICS;

BACKARC BASIN; BASIN EVOLUTION; PLATE MOTION; SPREADING CENTRE;

PHILIPPINE SEA; WEST PHILIPPINE BASIN;

EID: 0032744646     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900448     Document Type: Article

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