Neotectonics of the Macquarie Ridge Complex, Australia-Pacific plate boundary

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B6, 2000, Pages 13457-13480

  Massell, C ^a,b   Coffin, M F ^a   Mann, P ^a   Mosher, S ^b   Frohlich, C ^a   Duncan, C S ^a,b   Karner, G ^c   Ramsay, D ^d   Lebrun, J F ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^d AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MID-OCEAN RIDGE; NEOTECTONICS; TECTONICS;

MACQUARIE RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034631215     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900408     Document Type: Article

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