Morphotectonics of the Mascarene Islands

Annali di Geofisica

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 165-181

  Hantke, René ^a   Seheidegger, Adrian E ^b  

^a Technological University ^*  (Switzerland)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Hot spots; Indian Ocean floor neotectonics; Mascarenes; Oceanic islands

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE ZONE; LINEAMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NEOTECTONICS; STRESS FIELD; TECTONICS;

INDIAN OCEAN; MASCARENE ISLANDS;

EID: 0032457078     PISSN: 03652556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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