Global reconstructions of Cenozoic seafloor ages: Implications for bathymetry and sea level

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 243, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 552-564

  Xu, Xiqiao ^a   Lithgow Bertelloni, C ^a   Conrad, Clinton P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cenozoic sea level; Global seafloor age reconstructions; Plate tectonic reconstructions; Ridge volume; Spreading rates; Subduction rates

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC SEA LEVEL; GLOBAL SEAFLOOR AGE RECONSTRUCTIONS; PLATE TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTIONS; RIDGE VOLUME; SPREADING RATES; SUBDUCTION RATES;

ANIMATION; BATHYMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SEA LEVEL; TECTONICS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BATHYMETRY; CENOZOIC; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PLATE TECTONICS; SEA LEVEL; SEAFLOOR;

EID: 33644925544     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.01.010     Document Type: Article

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