Chaotic topography, mantle flow and mantle migration in the Australian- Antarctic discordance

Nature

Volumn 394, Issue 6694, 1998, Pages 637-644

  Christie, David M ^a   West, Brian P ^a,b   Pyle, Douglas G ^c   Hanan, Barry B ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANTLE CONVECTION; OCEANIC CRUST; SEAFLOOR; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; GEOLOGY; HYPOTHESIS; MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPOGRAPHY;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0032514541     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/29226     Document Type: Article

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