Study of high-resolution satellite geoid and gravity anomaly data over the Bay of Bengal

Current Science

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 211-219

  Majumdar, T J ^a   Krishna, K S ^b   Chatterjee, S ^a   Bhattacharya, R ^a   Michael, Laju ^b  

^a INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Compensation mechanism; Geoid and gravity anomaly data; Lithospheric flexure; Ninetyeast and 85 E ridges; Satellite altimetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644606626     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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