Animated tectonic reconstruction of the Southern Pacific and alkaline volcanism at its convergent margins since Eocene times

Tectonophysics

Volumn 464, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 21-29

  Eagles, Graeme ^a   Gohl, Karsten ^b   Larter, Robert D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alkaline volcanism; Antarctica; Plate kinematics; Slab windows; South America; Subduction

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE VOLCANISM; ANTARCTICA; PLATE KINEMATICS; SLAB WINDOWS; SOUTH AMERICA; SUBDUCTION;

ANIMATION; FORMING; KINEMATICS; MECHANICS; RESTORATION;

WINDOWS;

CONVERGENT MARGIN; EOCENE; KINEMATICS; PACIFIC PLATE; PLATE TECTONICS; SPREADING CENTER; SUBDUCTION ZONE; VOLCANISM;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 58049176778     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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