Global distribution of seamounts inferred from gridded Geosat/ERS-1 altimetry

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B9, 2001, Pages 19431-19441

  Wessel, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERS-1; GEOSAT; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEAMOUNT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VOLCANISM;

EID: 0034768298     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb000083     Document Type: Article

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