An Early Cretaceous extinct spreading center in the northern Natal valley

Tectonophysics

Volumn 347, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 87-108

  Tikku, Anahita A ^a,c   Marks, Karen M ^a   Kovacs, Louis C ^b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Africa; Antarctica; Dronning Maud land; Finite rotations; Gondwana; Mesozoic; Mozambique; Mozambique Ridge; Natal valley; Reconstructions

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; PLATE MOTION; SPREADING CENTER; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0036072563     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(01)00239-6     Document Type: Article

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