Evolution of the Australian-Antarctic discordance since Miocene time

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B3, 1999, Pages 4967-4981

  Marks, Karen M ^a   Stock, Joann M ^b   Quinn, Katherine J ^b,c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEODYNAMICS; GRAVITY FIELD; MIOCENE; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SPREADING CENTRE;

INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTHEAST INDIAN RIDGE;

EID: 0033541068     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998jb900075     Document Type: Article

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