A global-scale plate reorganization event at 105-100 Ma

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 355-356, Issue , 2012, Pages 283-298

  Matthews, Kara J ^a   Seton, Maria ^a   Müller, R Dietmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bouvet plume; Eastern Gondwanaland; Fracture zone bends; Mid cretaceous; Plate driving forces; Plate reorganizations

Indexed keywords

BOUVET PLUME; EASTERN GONDWANALAND; FRACTURE ZONE; MID-CRETACEOUS; PLATE REORGANIZATIONS; PLATE-DRIVING FORCE;

GEOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

TECTONICS;

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CRETACEOUS; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FRACTURE ZONE; GONDWANA; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; OCEAN BASIN; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; SEAFLOOR; SUBDUCTION; THRUST; TRANSPRESSION; TRENCH; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

AFRICA; AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC RIM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 84867613002     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.08.023     Document Type: Article

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