Revised Eocene-Oligocene kinematics for the West Antarctic rift system

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 279-284

  Granot, R ^a   Cande, S C ^b   Stock, J M ^c   Damaske, D ^d  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROMAGNETIC SURVEYS; KINEMATIC MODEL; LOCAL MOTIONS; NORTHERN BASINS; PLATE MOTIONS; ROSS ICE SHELVES; SENSE OF MOTION; WEST ANTARCTICA;

POLES;

KINEMATICS;

AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY; CONVERGENCE; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; KINEMATICS; PALEOMAGNETISM; RIFT ZONE;

ANTARCTICA; ROSS ICE SHELF; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84874829229     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL054181     Document Type: Article

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