New insights on intraplate volcanism in French Polynesia from wavelet analysis of GRACE, CHAMP, and sea surface data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Panet, I ^a,b   Chambodut, A ^c   Diament, M ^a   Holschneider, M ^c   Jamet, O ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b INSTITUT GÉOGRAPHIQUE NATIONAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; GRAVITY FIELD; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; VOLCANISM; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

FRENCH POLYNESIA; MARQUESAS ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA; SOCIETY ISLANDS;

EID: 34250841650     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB004141     Document Type: Article

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