Revised Pacific-Antarctic plate motions and geophysics of the Menard Fracture Zone

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Croon, Marcel B ^a   Cande, Steven C ^a   Stock, Joann M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic anomalies; Menard Fracture Zone; Pacific Antarctic Ridge; Relative motions; Tectonics; Uncertainties

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049115333     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GC002019     Document Type: Article

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