Small ocean basin development along the Scotia-Antarctica plate boundary and in the northern Weddell Sea

Tectonophysics

Volumn 296, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 371-402

  Maldonado, A ^a   Zitellini, N ^b   Leitchenkov, G ^c   Balanya J C ^a,d   Coren, F ^e   Galindo Zaldivar J ^d   Lodolo, E ^e   Jabaloy, A ^d   Zanolla, C ^e   Rodriguez Fernandez J ^a   Vinnikovskaya, O ^f  

^a INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c A P KARPINSKY RUSSIAN GEOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^e ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

^f State Entpr Mar Arctic Geol E   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Multichannel seismics; Oceanic basins; Plate boundaries; Weddell Sea

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; OCEAN BASIN; PLATE BOUNDARY;

WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 0032506345     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00153-X     Document Type: Article

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