Dynamic interaction of cold anomalies with the mid-ocean ridge flow field and its implications for the Australian-Antarctic Discordance

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 203, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 925-935

  Lin, Shu Chuan ^a,b   Chiao, Ling Yun ^a   Kuo, Ban Yuan ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

AAD; Dynamic flow; Rifting; Subsidence; Thermal anomalies; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

ANOMALY; ASTHENOSPHERE; BUOYANCY; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; THERMAL CONVECTION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0037110562     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)00948-2     Document Type: Article

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