Size and depth of ancient magma reservoirs under atolls and islands of French Polynesia using gravity data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B4, 2000, Pages 8173-8191

  Clouard, Valérie ^a   Bonneville, Alain ^a   Barsczus, Hans G ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA POLYNÉSIE FRANÇAISE   (French Polynesia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOLL; GRAVITY SURVEY; MAGMA CHAMBER;

FRENCH POLYNESIA;

EID: 0034629844     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900393     Document Type: Article

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