Origin of the Australian-Antarctic Discordance from an ancient slab and mantle wedge

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 372, Issue , 2003, Pages 417-429

  Gurnis, M ^a   Muller R D ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian Plate; Australian Antarctic Discordance; Lirhosphere; Mantle; Mid ocean ridge; Seismic tomography; Subduction

Indexed keywords

PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); SHEAR FLOW; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TOPOGRAPHY;

AUSTRALIAN-ANTARCTIC DISCORDANCE; LIRHOSPHERE; MANTLE; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SUBDUCTION;

SEISMOLOGY;

AUSTRALIAN PLATE; MANTLE STRUCTURE; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; SLAB; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC WEDGE;

AUSTRALIAN-ANTARCTIC RIDGE; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84871427849     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2372-8.417     Document Type: Conference Paper

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