Basement controls on rifting and the associated formation of ocean transform faults - Cretaceous continental extension of the southern margin of Australia

Tectonophysics

Volumn 359, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 131-155

  Miller, John McL ^a   Norvick, Martin S ^a   Wilson, Christopher J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia Antarctica continental extension; Lithospheric boundaries; Oceanic fracture zones; Otway Basin

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; CRETACEOUS; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FRACTURE ZONE; OCEANIC CRUST; PLATE BOUNDARY; RIFTING; STRUCTURAL CONTROL;

ANTARCTICA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0037159495     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(02)00508-5     Document Type: Article

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