New limits on the motion between India and Australia since chron 5 (11Ma) and implications for lithospheric deformation in the equatorial Indian Ocean

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-74

  Royer, Jean Yves ^a   Gordon, Richard G ^b   DeMets, Charles ^c   Vogt, Peter R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Indian Ocean; Lithospheric deformation; Plate tectonics

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERIC DEFORMATION; PLATE MOTION; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0030862705     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb00937.x     Document Type: Article

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