Motion of the Scotia sea plates

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 789-804

  Thomas, Christian ^a   Livermore, Roy ^b   Pollitz, Fred ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inversion; Plate motion; Scotia Sea

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SCOTIA SEA;

EID: 0347911976     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2003.02069.x     Document Type: Article

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