Compensation of the Ontong Java Plateau by surface and subsurface loading

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B5, 2000, Pages 11171-11183

  Ito, Garrett ^a   Taira, Asahiko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITY; ISOSTASY; LOADING; OCEANIC CRUST;

INDIAN OCEAN; ONTONG JAVA PLATEAU;

EID: 0034630676     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900036     Document Type: Article

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