Distribution of isolated volcanoes on the flanks of the East Pacific Rise, 15.3°S-20°S

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue B12, 1998, Pages 30371-30384

  White, Scott M ^a   Macdonald, Ken C ^a   Scheirer, Daniel S ^b   Cormier, Marie Helène ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; SUBMARINE VOLCANO;

EAST PACIFIC RISE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 4243363418     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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