The transition from an active to a passive margin (SW end of the South Shetland Trench, Antarctic Peninsula)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 366, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 55-81

  Jabaloy, Antonio ^a   Balanyá, Juán Carlos ^b,c   Barnolas, Antonio ^d   Galindo Zaldívar, Jesús ^a   Hernández Molina, F Javier ^e   Maldonado, Andrés ^c   Martínez Martínez, José Miguel ^a,c   Rodríguez Fernández, José ^c   de Galdeano, Carlos Sanz ^c   Somoza, Luis ^d   Surinach, Emma ^f   Vaquez Juan Tomas ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Active margin; Antarctic Peninsula; Subduction zone; Tip line; Trench termination

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MARGIN; BATHYMETRY; PASSIVE MARGIN; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRENCH;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; SOUTH SHETLAND TRENCH; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0037688026     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(03)00060-X     Document Type: Article

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