Ridge reorientation mechanisms: Macquarie Ridge Complex, Australia-Pacific plate boundary

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 119-122

  Mosher, Sharon ^a   Symons, Christina Massell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Macquarie Ridge; Plate boundary; Ridge reorientation; Rift propagation; Spreading center; Transform

Indexed keywords

PLATE BOUNDARY; RIDGE REORIENTATION; RIFT PROPAGATION;

GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOPHYSICS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

DEFORMATION; FRACTURE ZONE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; RIFTING; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SPREADING CENTER;

AUSTRALASIA; MACQUARIE RIDGE; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 44449141829     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24236A.1     Document Type: Article

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