Seafloor topography and tectonic elements of the Western Indian Ocean

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1826, 2005, Pages 15-24

  Parson, Lindsay M ^a   Evans, Alan J ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Indian Ocean; Tectonic evolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 11244289430     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2004.1472     Document Type: Article

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