Episodic triple-junction migration by rift propagation and microplates

Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 911-914

  Bird, Robert T ^a   Tebbens, Sarah F ^b   Kleinrock, Martin C ^c   Naar, David F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

AZORES TRIPLE JUNCTION; KINEMATIC STABILITY; RIFT PROPAGATION; SPACE AND TIME; TECTONIC FEATURES; TECTONIC HISTORY; TRIPLE JUNCTION; VELOCITY TRIANGLES;

TRANSFORM FAULTS;

GEODYNAMICS; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033451765     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<0911:ETJMBR>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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