Mantle-plume activity recorded by low-relief erosion surfaces in West Antarctica and New Zealand

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1450-1466

  LeMasurier, Wesley E ^a   Landis, Charles A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA LEVEL; TECTONICS; THERMAL PLUMES;

COASTAL REGIONS; CONTINENTAL BREAK-UP; EROSION SURFACES; MARIE BYRD LAND; OVERLYING STRATA; VERTICAL DISPLACEMENTS; WEST ANTARCTICA; YELLOWSTONE PLUME; FLUVIAL EROSION; TECTONIC UPLIFT;

EROSION;

ALKALINE ROCK; BEDROCK; CRETACEOUS; EROSION RATE; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; MANTLE PLUME; NEOGENE; TECTONIC SETTING; VOLCANISM; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; TERTIARY; UPLIFT;

ANTARCTICA; NEW ZEALAND; WEST ANTARCTICA; MARIE BYRD LAND;

EID: 0030427492     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1996)108<1450:MPARBL>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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