Tectonic interpretation of the Andrew Bain transform fault: Southwest Indian Ocean

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2005, Pages

  Sclater, John G ^a   Grindlay, Nancy R ^b   Madsen, John A ^c   Rommevaux Jestin, Celine ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Megatransform; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

EID: 65449124754     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GC000951     Document Type: Article

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