Scotia sea regional tectonic evolution: Implications for mantle flow and palaeocirculation

Earth-Science Reviews

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 1-39

  Barker, Peter F ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic circumpolar current; Antarctic glaciation; Back arc extension; Mantle flow; Palaeoceanography; Scotia arc; Subduction

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; CENOZOIC; CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; MANTLE CONVECTION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

SCOTIA SEA;

EID: 0035162418     PISSN: 00128252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-8252(01)00055-1     Document Type: Article

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