A MULTICHANNEL SEISMIC STUDY OF LITHOSPHERIC FLEXURE ACROSS THE HAWAIIAN-EMPEROR SEAMOUNT CHAIN

Existing models assume that the thickened crust beneath seamounts is the result of a surface volcanic load flexing an elastic plate. New results suggest that flexed oceanic crust beneath the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain is underlain by a 4-km thick deep crustal body. We intepret the body as a dee...

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Autores principales: Watts, A, Tenbrink, U, Buhl, P, Brocher, T
Formato: Journal article
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 1985

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