Near-axis seamount distribution and its relationship with the segmentation of the East Pacific Rise and northern Pacific-Antarctic Ridge, 17°N-56°S

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 175, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 233-246

  Gomez, Olga ^a   Briais, Anne ^a  

^a LEGOS   (France)

Author keywords

Altimetry; East Pacific Rise; Satellite methods; Spreading centers; Submarine volcanoes

Indexed keywords

SEAMOUNT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPREADING CENTER; SUBMARINE VOLCANO;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034652515     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00305-2     Document Type: Article

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