West Antarctic Rift System in the Antarctic Peninsula

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 21, 2009, Pages

  Eagles, Graeme ^a   Larter, Robert D ^b   Gohl, Karsten ^c   Vaughan, Alan P M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; CENOZOIC; PACIFIC PLATES; PLATE BOUNDARIES; RELATIVE MOTION; RIFT SYSTEMS; SUBDUCTION ZONES; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

CENOZOIC; PLATE BOUNDARY; RIFT ZONE; RIFTING; SUBDUCTION ZONE; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 72049133389     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL040721     Document Type: Article

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