Tectonic evolution of a restricted ocean basin: The powell basin (northeastern antarctic peninsula)

Geodinamica Acta

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 159-174

  Rodriguez Fernandez, José ^a   Balanya, Juan Carlos ^b   Galindo Zaldivar, Jesús ^b   Maldonado, Andrés ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Basin evolution; Continental fragmentation; Margin pattern; Northeastern antarctic peninsula; Ocean basin; Powell basin

Indexed keywords

BASIN DEVELOPMENT; BASIN EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; OCEAN BASIN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; POWELL BASIN;

EID: 0031414320     PISSN: 09853111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09853111.1997.11105300     Document Type: Article

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