Reconciling plate kinematic and seismic estimates of lithospheric convergence in the central Indian Ocean

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 307-310

  Bull, J M ^a   DeMets, C ^b   Krishna, K S ^c   Sanderson, D J ^a   Merkouriev, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^d PUSHKOV INSTITUTE OF TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPRICORN PLATE; CONVERGENCE RATES; DIFFUSE PLATE BOUNDARIES; EASTERN EDGE; FAULT ACTIVITY; INDIAN OCEAN; LITHOSPHERIC; PLATE KINEMATICS; REVERSE FAULTING; SEISMIC EVIDENCE; SHARP INCREASE; SOMALIA; STRAIN ACCUMULATIONS; TOTAL STRAIN;

KINEMATICS; OCEANOGRAPHY; ROTATION;

SEISMOLOGY;

BLOCK ROTATION; INDIAN PLATE; KINEMATICS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE CONVERGENCE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 77954001815     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30521.1     Document Type: Article

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