Abrupt axial variations along the slow to ultra-slow spreading centers of the northern North Fiji Basin (SW Pacific): Evidence for short wave heterogeneities in a back-arc mantle

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 245-263

  Garel, Erwan ^a,b   Lagabrielle, Yves ^a,c   Pelletier, Bernard ^d  

^a INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

Acoustic backscatter; Axial morphology; Backarc spreading ridges; Magmato tectonic processes; North Fiji Basin; Swath bathymetry; Vertical accretion

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; BATHYMETRY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOPHYSICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

AXIAL MORPHOLOGY; BACKARC SPREADING RIDGES; MAGMATO-TECTONIC PROCESSES; SWATH BATHYMETRY; VERTICAL ACCRETION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BACKARC BASIN; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEISMIC ANISOTROPY; SPREADING CENTER;

NORTH FIJI BASIN; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

CORYLUS AMERICANA;

EID: 23944443081     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11001-004-1060-y     Document Type: Article

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