Inferring mantle properties with an evolving dynamic model of the Antarctica-New Zealand region from the Late Cretaceous

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Spasojevic, Sonja ^a   Gurnis, Michael ^a   Sutherland, Rupert ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; CRETACEOUS; DOWNWELLING; GEODYNAMICS; GEOID; GEOPHYSICS; MANTLE; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SEISMIC WAVE; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONICS; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TOPOGRAPHY; UPWELLING; VISCOSITY;

ANTARCTICA; CAMPBELL PLATEAU; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 78049235246     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006612     Document Type: Article

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