Plate kinematic models for Antarctica during Gondwana break-up: A review;Modelos de cinemática de placas para antártida durante la ruptura de Gondwana: una revisión

Revista de la Asociacion Geologica Argentina

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 635-645

  Ghidella, M E ^a   Lawver, L A ^b   Marenssi, S ^a   Gahagan, L M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Euler poles; Isochron; Magnetic anomalies; Plate tectonics; Weddel Sea

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; GONDWANA; KINEMATICS; MODELING; PLATE TECTONICS; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 51549099194     PISSN: 00044822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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