Pelagic sedimentation on rough seafloor topography 2. Inversion results from the North Atlantic Acoustic Reverberation Corridor

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B12, 2001, Pages 30451-30473

  Webb, Helen F ^a,b,d   Jordan, Thomas H ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Aerospace Electronics Division   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; PELAGIC DEPOSIT; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENTATION; SLOPE; TOPOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE;

EID: 0035713573     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jb900274     Document Type: Article

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