Owen Fracture Zone: The Arabia-India plate boundary unveiled

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 302, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 247-252

  Fournier, M ^a,b   Chamot Rooke, N ^b   Rodriguez, M ^a,b   Huchon, P ^a   Petit, C ^c   Beslier, M O ^c   Zaragosi, S ^d  

^a Sorbonne Universités   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

Author keywords

Arabia India plate boundary; Owen Fracture Zone; Plate kinematics; Pull apart basins; Strike slip faults

Indexed keywords

FAULT SLIPS; FRACTURE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

ACTIVE TECTONICS; BATHYMETRIC DATA; MULTI-BEAM ECHO SOUNDERS; OWEN FRACTURE ZONES; PLATE BOUNDARIES; PLATE KINEMATICS; PULL-APART; SLIP DISPLACEMENTS;

TRANSFORM FAULTS;

ARABIAN PLATE; FRACTURE ZONE; INDIAN PLATE; KINEMATICS; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; PULL APART BASIN; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRANSFORM FAULT;

ARABIAN SEA; GULF OF ADEN; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

EID: 78751569623     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.12.027     Document Type: Article

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