Submarine and subaerial erosion of volcanic landscapes: Comparing Pacific Ocean seamounts with valencia seamount, exposed during the Messinian salinity crisis

Basin Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 489-502

  Mitchell, Neil C ^a   Lofi, Johanna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; MASS WASTING; MESSINIAN; SEAMOUNT; SUBMARINE VOLCANO; WEATHERING;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 57049164460     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2008.00355.x     Document Type: Article

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