Rift propagation, detachment faulting, and associated magmatism in Bransfield Strait, Antarctic Peninsula

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 24017-24043

  Barker, Daniel H N ^a,b   Austin Jr , James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETACHMENT FAULT; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; MAGMATISM; RIFTING; SEAFLOOR SPREADING;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; BRANSFIELD STRAIT;

EID: 0242615569     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jb01117     Document Type: Article

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