Tasmante cruise: Swath-mapping and underway geophysics south and west of Tasmania

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2-4, 1996, Pages 275-287

  Exon, N F ^a   Royer, J Y ^b   Hill, P J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b Laboratoire de Géodynamique Sous Marine   (France)

Author keywords

Australia Antarctic separation; Continental crust; East Tasman Plateau; Gondwana break up; Oceanic crust; Sheared margins; South Tasman Rise; Swath mapping; Tasmania

Indexed keywords

COASTAL STRUCTURES; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL CRUST; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS; GONDWANA; OCEAN CRUST; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SWATH MAPPING;

AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA; PACIFIC, (SOUTHWEST);

EID: 0030451141     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00286081     Document Type: Article

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