Deep crustal structure of Bransfield Strait: Initiation of a back arc basin by rift reactivation and propagation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Christeson, Gail L ^a   Barker, Daniel H N ^a   Austin Jr , James A ^a   Dalziel, Ian W D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Back arc; Bransfield; Crustal thickness; OBS

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; PLATE TECTONICS; RIFT ZONE; SEISMIC SURVEY;

ANTARCTICA; BRANSFIELD STRAIT;

EID: 1442291163     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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