Postspreading rifting in the Adare Basin, Antarctica: Regional tectonic consequences

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Granot, R ^a,d   Cande, S C ^a   Stock, J M ^b   Davey, F J ^c   Clayton, R W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^d INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Adare Basin; magnetic anomalies; multichannel seismic reflection; rift; tectonics; West Antarctic rift system

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; SEISMIC WAVES; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANOES;

ADARE BASIN; MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; MULTI-CHANNEL SEISMIC; RIFT; WEST ANTARCTIC RIFT SYSTEM;

TECTONICS;

DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MIOCENE; NORMAL FAULT; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; RIFTING; SEAFLOOR MAPPING; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEISMIC REFLECTION;

ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 77955532056     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003105     Document Type: Article

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