A detailed study of the Gagua Ridge: A fracture zone uplifted during a plate reorganisation in the Mid-Eocene

Marine Geophysical Research

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 403-423

  Deschamps, Anne E ^a   Lallemand, Serge E ^a   Collot, Jean Yves ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Eocene Philippine Sea Plate; Fracture zone; Gravity; Transverse ridge; West Philippine Basin

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EOCENE; FRACTURE ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBMARINE RIDGE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

GAGUA RIDGE; PHILIPPINE SEA;

EID: 0032470885     PISSN: 00253235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004650323183     Document Type: Article

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