Density and porosity of the upper oceanic crust from seafloor gravity measurements

The exposure of 1300 meters of upper oceanic crust at the Blanco Fracture Zone allows near‐bottom gravity measurements to determine the in situ density of the seafloor as a function of depth. Gravity measurements along the north wall of the Blanco Depression indicate an outcrop density of 2530 ± Kg/...

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Published in:Geophysical research letters 2000-04, Vol.27 (7), p.1053-1056
Main Authors: Johnson, H. Paul, Pruis, M. J., Van Patten, D., Tivey, M. A.
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