A new view of ridge segmentation and near-axis volcanism at the East Pacific Rise, 8°-12°N, from EM300 multibeam bathymetry

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  White, Scott M ^a   Haymon, Rachel M ^b   Carbotte, Suzanne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Bathymetry; Seafloor spreading; Seamounts; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 43549091601     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GC001407     Document Type: Article

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