Bathymetry of the Pacific plate and its implications for thermal evolution of lithosphere and mantle dynamics

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Zhong, Shijie ^a   Ritzwoller, Michael ^a   Shapiro, Nikolai ^b   Landuyt, William ^c   Huang, Jinshui ^d   Wessel, Paul ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; DATA SET; GEODYNAMICS; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; LITHOSPHERE; MANTLE PLUME; PACIFIC PLATE; SEAFLOOR; SEAMOUNT; THERMAL EVOLUTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH);

EID: 34548442460     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004628     Document Type: Article

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