The Philippine Sea: New survey results reveal the structure and the history of the marginal basins

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 2287-2290

  Okino, Kyoko ^a,b   Ohara, Yasuhiko ^a   Kasuga, Shigeru ^a   Kato, Yukihiro ^a  

^a Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department Japan Coast Guard   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS; BATHYMETRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GEOMAGNETISM; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT;

BACK-ARC; EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS; MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; PHILIPPINE SEAS;

SURVEYS; SURFACE WATERS;

MARGINAL BASINS; PHILIPPINE SEA;

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MAGNETIC SURVEY; TECTONICS;

PHILIPPINE SEA;

EID: 0033452280     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900537     Document Type: Article

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