Patterns of late Cenozoic volcanic and tectonic activity in the West Antarctic rift system revealed by aeromagnetic surveys

Tectonics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 660-676

  Behrendt, John C ^a,e   Saltus, Richard ^a   Damaske, Detlef ^b,f   McCafferty, Anne ^a   Finn, Carol A ^a   Blankenship, Donald ^c   Bell, Robin E ^d  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f Bunsesanstalt F G   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY; CAINOZOIC; GEODYNAMICS; MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; RIFTING; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TECTONICS; VOLCANISM;

ANTARCTICA, WEST ANTARCTIC RIFT;

EID: 0030460178     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95TC03500     Document Type: Article

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