Basement structures from satellite-derived gravity field: South China Sea ridge

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Braitenberg, Carla ^a   Wienecke, Susann ^a,b,c   Wang, Yong ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^d Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; BATHYMETRY; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; GRAVITY FIELD; GRAVITY SURVEY; OCEANIC CRUST; SATELLITE; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SUBMARINE RIDGE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 33745764015     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB003938     Document Type: Article

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