When did the Falklands rotate?

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 723-736

  Thomson, K ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basin evolution; Continental breakup; Falkland islands (Malvinas); Microplate; Plate tectonics; Rotation

Indexed keywords

FALKLAND PLATEAU BASIN; GONDWAN BREAK UP; NORTH FALKLAND BASIN; OUTENIQUA BASIN;

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MODELS; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

BASIN EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; MICROPLATE; PLATE ROTATION; PLATE TECTONICS;

FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS);

EID: 0032452066     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-8172(98)00050-6     Document Type: Article

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