Deep crustal structure of the area of intersection between the Shackleton Fracture Zone and the West Scotia Ridge (Drake Passage, Antarctica)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 320, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 123-139

  Galindo Zaldívar, Jesús ^a   Jabaloy, Antonio ^a   Maldonado, Andrés ^b   Martínez Martínez, José Miguel ^a,b   Sanz De Galdeano, Carlos ^b   Somoza, Luis ^c   Surinach, Emma ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Deep crustal structure; Shackleton Fracture Zone; West Scotia Ridge

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; OCEANIC CRUST; PLATE BOUNDARY; SPREADING CENTER; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0034042349     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(00)00051-2     Document Type: Article

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