Transect across the West Antarctic rift system in the Ross Sea, Antarctica

Tectonophysics

Volumn 301, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 61-74

  Trey, Hans ^a   Cooper, Alan K ^b   Pellis, Giulio ^c   Della Vedova, Bruno ^c   Cochrane, Guy ^b   Brancolini, Giuliano ^c   Makris, Jannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Continental rift; Extension; Ross Sea; Transtension; Wide angle reflection refraction

Indexed keywords

RIFT ZONE; SEISMIC SURVEY; TRANSECT; TRANSTENSION;

ROSS SEA;

EID: 0033555170     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00155-3     Document Type: Article

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