Dominant symmetry of a conjugate southern Australian and East Antarctic magma-poor rifted margin segment

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Direen, Nicholas G ^a,b,c   Stagg, Howard M J ^d   Symonds, Philip A ^d   Colwell, Jim B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c FrOG Tech Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^d GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Australia; rifted margins; tectonics

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; GEOCHRONOLOGY;

ANTARCTICA; AUSTRALIA; CONTINENT-OCEAN TRANSITION; CONTINENTAL CRUSTS; CONTINENTAL RIFTING; EAST ANTARCTICA; NEWFOUNDLANDS; NUMERICAL MODELS; POTENTIAL FIELD; RIFTED MARGINS; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; WIDE ZONE;

TECTONICS;

CONTINENTAL CRUST; MAGMA; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIFTING; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SYMMETRY; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

ANTARCTICA; AUSTRALIA; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 79951965847     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003306     Document Type: Article

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