Bouvet triple junction in the south Atlantic: Geology and evolution

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B12, 1999, Pages 29365-29385

  Ligi, Marco ^a,b,c   Bonatti, Enrico ^a   Bortoluzzi, Giovanni ^a   Carrara, Gabriela ^a   Fabretti, Paola ^a   Gilod, Dolores ^a   Peyve, Alexander A ^a   Skolotnev, Sergej ^a   Turko, Natalia ^a  

^a Istituto di Geologia Marina   (Italy)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEODYNAMICS; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BOUVET ISLAND;

EID: 0033544979     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900192     Document Type: Article

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