Tectonic development of the Bransfield Basin and its prolongation to the South Scotia Ridge, northern Antarctic Peninsula

Marine Geology

Volumn 206, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 267-282

  Galindo Zaldívar, Jesús ^a   Gamboa, Luiz ^b   Maldonado, Andrés ^c   Nakao, Seizo ^d   Bochu, Yao ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^e Guangzhou Marine Geological Survey   (China)

Author keywords

backarc basin; Bransfield Basin; continental blocks; roll back; transcurrent faults

Indexed keywords

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

MULTICHANNEL SEISMIC REFLECTION PROFILES; SHALLOW STRUCTURES;

CATCHMENTS;

BACKARC BASIN; BASIN EVOLUTION; OCEAN BASIN; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

BRANSFIELD BASIN; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 2942706168     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2004.02.007     Document Type: Article

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