Reappraisal of the Arabia-India-Somalia triple junction kinematics

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 189, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 103-114

  Fournier, Marc ^a   Patriat, Philippe ^b   Leroy, Sylvie ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Indian ocean; Kinematics; Owen fracture zone; Triple junctions

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE ZONE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; PLATE TECTONICS; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

ARABIAN SEA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0034902233     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00371-5     Document Type: Article

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