On the compensation mechanism of the Walvis Ridge
The Walvis Ridge in the south Atlantic Ocean is correlated with the geoid anomalies obtained from the GEOS 3 satellite. It is shown that the correlation is best explained by Pratt compensation with a depth of compensation of twenty to thirty kilometers.
| Published in: | Geophysical Research Letters |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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AGU (American Geophysical Union)
2012
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| Online Access: | https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/33480/ https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/33480/1/Angevine.pdf https://doi.org/10.1029/GL007i006p00477 |
| Summary: | The Walvis Ridge in the south Atlantic Ocean is correlated with the geoid anomalies obtained from the GEOS 3 satellite. It is shown that the correlation is best explained by Pratt compensation with a depth of compensation of twenty to thirty kilometers. |
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