The Amirante ridge/trough complex: Response to rotational transform rift/drift between Seychelles and Madagascar

Terra Nova

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 34-47

  Plummer, Ph S ^a  

^a Seychelles National Oil Company   (Seychelles)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION; EXTENSION; PLATE MOTION; RIDGE/TROUGH COMPLEX; RIFTING; ROTATIONAL PIVOT; ROTATIONAL TRANSFORM; TRANSFORM BOUNDARY;

INDIAN OCEAN, AMIRANTE RIDGE;

EID: 0029774461     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.1996.tb00723.x     Document Type: Article

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