Quantitative tectonic reconstructions of Zealandia based on crustal thickness estimates

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Grobys, Jan W G ^a,b   Gohl, Karsten ^a   Eagles, Graeme ^a,c  

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

^b Research Department for Underwater Acoustics and Marine Geophysics   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Continent ocean boundary; Crustal thickness; New Zealand; Plate kinematics; Reconstructions

Indexed keywords

EID: 69749092354     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GC001691     Document Type: Article

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