Pacific-Antarctic-Australia motion and the formation of the Macquarie Plate

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 399-414

  Cande, Steven C ^a   Stock, Joann M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpine Fault; Diffuse deformation; Hjort Trench; Macquarie Ridge; South Tasman Sea; Southeast Indian Ridge

Indexed keywords

FORMATION MECHANISM; KINEMATICS; PLATE MOTION; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

INDIAN OCEAN; MID-INDIAN RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN; TASMAN SEA;

EID: 1942424796     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02224.x     Document Type: Article

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