Origin and tectonic evolution of the Caroline Ridge and the Sorol Trough, western tropical Pacific, from admittance and a tectonic modeling analysis

Tectonophysics

Volumn 313, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 271-292

  Altis, S ^a  

^a NAVOCEANO   (United States)

Author keywords

Admittance analysis; Aseismic ridges; Caroline plate; Gravity; Magnetics; Mendana fracture zone; Rifting; Sorol Trough

Indexed keywords

CAROLINE PLATE; PACIFIC PLATE; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; RIFTING; SEISMOTECTONICS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033489980     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00204-8     Document Type: Article

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