Magnetic lineations within Shatsky Rise, northwest Pacific Ocean: Implications for hot spot-triple junction interaction and oceanic plateau formation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B4, 1999, Pages 7539-7556

  Nakanishi, Masao ^a   Sager, William W ^b   Klaus, Adam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOT SPOT; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SHATSKY RISE;

EID: 0033541450     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900002     Document Type: Article

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