| Description | Working file entitled 'Gravity Bathym Age Sed. Alt. files- Indian', relating to the papers: McKenzie, D and A Watts, B Parsons & M Roufosse, "Planform of mantle convection beneath the Pacific Ocean", 'Nature', vol 288 (1980) pp442-446 and Watts, A B & D McKenzie, B Parsons & M Roufosse, "The relationship between gravity and bathymetry in the Pacific Ocean", 'Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society', vol 83 (1985), pp263-298.
Comprises: Computer generated data sets, with plots, graphs, contour maps and other charts recording the bathymetry, gravity, altimetry and magnetic anomalies of the Indian Ocean, with dated manuscript notes recording original file title and algorithms used to output the data, 1980-1981; bibliographic references and copies of academic articles by others on related subjects, 1973-1984, including report "Geophysical studies of the Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman and Owen Basin (North West Indian Ocean)", Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Cruise Report no.24, 1975. |