Kinematic modelling of the West Antarctic Rift System, Ross Sea, Antarctica

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 23, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 79-103

  Busetti, Martina ^a   Spadini, Giacomo ^b   Van Der Wateren, Frederik M ^b   Cloetingh, Sierd ^b   Zanolla, Claudio ^a  

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

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Cenozoic; Kinematics; Modelling; Ross Sea; Seismic profiles; Transantarctic Mountains

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; RIFTING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ANTARCTICA;

VICTORIA;

EID: 0033398086     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8181(99)00052-1     Document Type: Article

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