The Scotia arc: Genesis, evolution, global significance

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue , 2013, Pages 767-793

  Dalziel, Ian W D ^a   Lawver, Lawrence A ^a   Norton, Ian O ^a   Gahagan, Lisa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Gondwana; Scotia Sea; South Atlantic; Weddell Sea

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENTS; ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; EAST ANTARCTICA; GONDWANA; SCOTIA SEA; SOUTH ATLANTIC; TERRESTRIAL BIOTA; WEDDELL SEA;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR WAVE; CORDILLERA; CRATON; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GONDWANA; IGNIMBRITE; ISLAND ARC; JURASSIC; SUBMARINE RIDGE;

ANTARCTICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); SCOTIA ARC; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 84878689946     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-earth-050212-124155     Document Type: Article

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