Distributed, active extension in Bransfield basin Antarctic Peninsula: Evidence from multibeam bathymetry

GSA Today

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1-6

  Lawver, Lawrence A ^a   Sloan, Benjamin J ^a   Barker, Daniel H N ^a   Ghidella, Marta ^b   Von Herzen, Richard P ^c   Keller, Randall A ^d   Klinkhammer, Gary P ^d   Chin, Carol S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ACCRETIONARY PRISMS; BASALTS; EXTENSION; MULTIBEAM BATHYMETRY; TECTONIC SETTING; TECTONICS;

SOUTHERN OCEAN, BRANSFIELD BASIN;

EID: 0030440309     PISSN: 10525173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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