Death and transfiguration of a triple junction in the South Atlantic

Science

Volumn 276, Issue 5310, 1997, Pages 243-245

  Ligi, M ^a   Bonatti, E ^a,b   Bortoluzzi, G ^a   Carrara, G ^a   Fabretti, P ^a   Penitenti, D ^a   Gilod, D ^c   Peyve, A A ^d   Skolotnev, S ^d   Turko, N ^d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University   (United States)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GEOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA;

PLATE MOTION; RIDGE/RIDGE/RIDGE JUNCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRIPLE JUNCTION; TRIPLE JUNCTIONS;

ATLANTIC, (SOUTH);

EID: 0030620775     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.276.5310.243     Document Type: Article

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