Plate‐tectonic setting of the Tasmanian region

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 543-560

  Royer, J Y ^a   Rollet, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Australia; Cretaceous; Indian Ocean; Plate motion; South Tasman Rise; Tasman Sea; Tertiary

Indexed keywords

PLATE TECTONICS; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SUBMARINE PLATEAUX;

AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA; PACIFIC, SOUTH TASMAN RISE;

EID: 0031402870     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120099708728336     Document Type: Article

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