MiFil: A method to characterize seafloor swells with application to the south central Pacific

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Adam, Claudia ^a   Vidal, Valerie ^a   Bonneville, Alain ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Depth anomaly; Hot spot; Spatial filter; Swells

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744453491     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GC000814     Document Type: Article

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