Sediment subduction, subduction erosion, and strain regime in the northern South Sandwich forearc

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 2002, Pages

  Vanneste, Lieve E ^a   Larter, Robert D ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Erosion; Forearc; Mutibeam; South Sandwich; Subduction

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CONVERGENT MARGIN; FOREARC BASIN; ISLAND ARC; STRAIN; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

SCOTIA SEA; SOUTH SANDWICH TRENCH;

EID: 0037055359     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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