Pacific-Farallon relative motion 42-59 Ma determined from magnetic and tectonic data from the southern Austral Islands

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 2869-2872

  Jordahl, Kelsey A ^a,d   McNutt, Marcia K ^b   Zorn, Heather ^c,e  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Department of Psychology   (United States)

^d MIT/WHO1 Joint Program in Oceanography   (United States)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Austral Islands; Eocene; French Polynesia; Pacific plate; Plate motion; Seafloor spreading; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; LITHOLOGY; VOLCANOES; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

AUSTRAL FRACTURE ZONE; PACIFIC-FARALLON RELATIVE MOTION; RESOLUTION FRACTURE ZONE; SOUTHERN AUSTRAL ISLANDS; TRIPLE JUNCTION TRACE; ABSOLUTE-MOTION; HIGH RESOLUTION; MAGNETIC PROFILES; MULTIBEAM BATHYMETRY; PACIFIC PLATES; PROPAGATING RIFT; RELATIVE MOTION; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES;

TECTONICS; BATHYMETRY;

EOCENE; PACIFIC PLATE; PLATE MOTION; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; TECTONICS;

AUSTRAL ISLANDS; FRENCH POLYNESIA;

EID: 0032148169     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL52080     Document Type: Article

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