Variations in axial morphology, segmentation, and seafloor roughness along the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge between 56°S and 66°S

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B5, 2001, Pages 8521-8546

  Ondréas, Hélène ^a   Aslanian, Daniel ^a   Géli, Louis ^a   Olivet, Jean Louis ^a   Briais, Anne ^b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MID-OCEAN RIDGE; MORPHOLOGY; SEGMENTATION; TOPOGRAPHY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC-ANTRCTIC RIDGE;

EID: 0034964194     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900394     Document Type: Article

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