Neogene extension and basin deepening in the West Antarctic rift inferred from comparisons with the East African rift and other analogs

Geology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 247-250

  LeMasurier, Wesley E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dome uplift; Ice filled grabens; Tectonic landscape; West Antarctic rift

Indexed keywords

DOME UPLIFT; ICE-FILLED GRABENS; TECTONIC LANDSCAPE;

LAKES; LANDFORMS; SEA LEVEL; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DOME; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GRABEN; NEOGENE; RIFT ZONE; RIFTING; SEA LEVEL; TROUGH; UPLIFT;

AFRICA; ANTARCTICA; EAST AFRICAN RIFT; EURASIA; LAKE BAIKAL; MARIE BYRD LAND; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 44449143875     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G24363A.1     Document Type: Article

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