Motion of Nubia relative to Antartica since 11 Ma: Implications for Nubia-Somalia, Pacific-North America, and India-Eurasia motion

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 501-504

  Royer, Jean Yves ^a   Gordon, Richard G ^b   Horner Johnson, Benjamin C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

India Eurasia motion; Nubia Somalia motion; Pacific North America motion; Southwest India ridge

Indexed keywords

DISPARATE POLES; FRACTURE ZONE; MAGNETIC ANOMALY PROFILES; PLATE MOTION; SUBSTANTIAL ROTATION;

FRACTURE; LANDFORMS; SEISMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

DISPLACEMENT; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; PLATE MOTION; TRANSTENSION;

AFRICA; ANTARCTICA; EAST AFRICA; INDIAN OCEAN; NORTH AMERICA; SOMALIA; SOUTHWEST INDIAN RIDGE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33745310244     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22463.1     Document Type: Article

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