Global distribution of seamounts from ship-track bathymetry data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 13, 2007, Pages

  Hillier, J K ^a   Watts, A B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; VOLCANOES;

SEAMOUNT; SUBMARINE VOLCANOES; VOLCANIC ACTIVITY;

SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS;

BATHYMETRY; DATA ACQUISITION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; LITHOSPHERE; MAGMA; MELTING; SEAMOUNT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBMARINE VOLCANO;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ICELAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 34548650511     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029874     Document Type: Article

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