The Diamantina Zone as the result of rifting between Australia and Antarctica: Geophysical contraints;La zone de Diamantine, temoin de la separation de l'Australie et de l'Antarctique: Arguments geophysiques

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIa: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes

Volumn 327, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 533-540

  Munschy, Marc ^a  

^a The French National Centre for Scientific Research   (France)

Author keywords

Diamantina; East Indian Ocean; Fracture zone; Oceanic spreading; Rifting; Zone

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE ZONE; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; RIFTING; SEAFLOOR SPREADING;

DIAMANTINA ZONE; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0032194632     PISSN: 12518050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1251-8050(99)80035-4     Document Type: Article

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