Gondwana breakup and plate kinematics: Business as usual

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Eagles, Graeme ^a   Vaughan, Alan P M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS-AS-USUAL; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DRIVING MECHANISM; INDIAN OCEAN; MANTLE PLUME; PLATE KINEMATICS; SIMPLE CIRCUITS; SOUTH ATLANTIC; SUPERCONTINENT; TECTONIC MODELS; WEDDELL SEA;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

KINEMATICS;

GONDWANA; KINETICS; MANTLE PLUME; MODELING; PLATE TECTONICS; VOLCANISM;

INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 67651097504     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL037552     Document Type: Article

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