Tectonic evolution of the Pacific margin of Antarctica 1. Late Cretaceous tectonic reconstructions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2002, Pages

  Larter, Robert D ^a   Cunningham, Alex P ^a   Barker, Peter F ^a   Gohl, Karsten ^b   Nitsche, Frank O ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bellingshausen Sea; Cretaceous; Gravity; Magnetic anomaly; New Zealand; Pacific

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONVERGENT MARGIN; CRETACEOUS; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ANTARCTICA; PACIFIC COAST;

EID: 18144434498     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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