A three-plate kinematic model for Lau Basin opening

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2001, Pages

  Zellmer, Kirsten E ^a   Taylor, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

geodetic vectors; Lau Basin; microplate; plate kinematics; seafloor spreading

Indexed keywords

GEODESY;

LAU BASIN; MICROPLATES; PLATE BOUNDARIES; PLATE KINEMATICS; PLATE MOTIONS; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEISMICITY DATA; TECTONIC MODELS;

KINEMATICS;

EID: 0003370910     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GC000106     Document Type: Article

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