Extensional deformation and development of deep basins associated with the sinistral transcurrent fault zone of the Scotia-Antarctic plate boundary

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 290, Issue , 2007, Pages 203-217

  Bohoyo, F ^a,f   Galindo Zaldivar J ^b   Jabaloy, A ^b   Maldonado, A ^c   Rodriguez Fernandez J ^c   Schreider, A ^d   Surinach E ^e  

^a INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

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

^d SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CRUSTAL THINNING; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT ZONE; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; PULL APART BASIN; RHEOLOGY; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

ANTARCTICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; SCOTIA ARC; SCOTIA RIDGE;

EID: 38549138950     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP290.6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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