1 Institute of Earthquake Science, China Earthquake Administration, Beijing 100036, China; 2 Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA; 3 China Earthquake Network Center, China Earthquake Administration, Beijing 100045, China; 4 Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX 77058, USA; 5 Laboratory of Computational Geodynamics, Graduate University of Chines...

Sergey Samsonov1,2 and Nicolas d’Oreye2,3 1Natural Resources Canada, 588 Booth Street, Ottawa, ON K1A0Y7, Canada. E-mail: [email protected] 2European Center for Geodynamics and Seismology, Rue Josy Welter 19, L-7256 Walferdange, Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg 3National Museum of Natural History, Department of Geophysics/Astrophysics, Rue Josy Welter 19, L-7256Walferdange, Grand-Duchy...

1 Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Research Group for Physical Geodesy and Geodynamics, Budapest, Hungary 2 FÖMI Satellite Geodetic Observatory, Budapest, Hungary 3 Max-Planck-Institute für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany 4 Urumqi Observatory, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, PR China 5 National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences...

The Geodynamics Experimental Ocean Satellite (GEOS-3) radar altimeter has provided some information on the dynamic sea-surface topography of the global oceans. Regional studies of the densely surveyed Sargasso Sea indicate that the average nontidal variability of the oceans is +/- 28 centimeters. Sea-surface highs and lows determined from GEOS-3 altimetry correlate favorably with eddy structure...

Geomodels-Group of Geodynamics and Basin Analysis, Universitat de Barcelona. Dpts. EPGM and GG. c/ Martí i Franquès, s/n, Facultat de Geologia, 08028 Barcelona, Spain. Midland Valley Inc, 1767A Denver West Blvd., Golden CO 80401, USA Corresponding author present address: BP Exploration Company Limited, Building H, EPT Geological Services, Chertsey Road, Sunbury on Thames, Middlesex TW16 7, Unit...