Cenozoic geodynamics of the Ross Sea region, Antarctica: Crustal extension, intraplate strike-slip faulting, and tectonic inheritance

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 24669-24696

  Salvini, Francesco ^a,b   Brancolini, Giuliano ^c   Busetti, Martina ^c   Storti, Fabrizio ^b   Mazzarini, Francesco ^d   Coren, Franco ^c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^d Ctro Stud Geol Strutturale D   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAINOZOIC; CRUSTAL EXTENSION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTING; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ANTARCTICA, ROSS ISLAND; ANTARCTICA, VICTORIA LAND; ROSS SEA;

EID: 0031423238     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb01643     Document Type: Article

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