The Bouvet triple junction, 20 to 10 Ma, and extensive transtensional deformation adjacent to the Bouvet and Conrad transforms

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B4, 2000, Pages 8279-8296

  Mitchell, Neil C ^a,d   Livermore, Roy A ^b   Fabretti, Paola ^c   Carrara, Gabriela ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEODYNAMICS; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BOUVET TRIPLE JUNCTION;

EID: 0034629863     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900399     Document Type: Article

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