Backarc basin evolution and cordilleran orogenesis: Insights from new ocean-bottom seismograph refraction profiling in Bransfield Strait, Antarctica

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 107-110

  Barker, Daniel H N ^a   Christeson, Gail L ^a   Austin Jr , James A ^a   Dalziel, Ian W D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Backarc basin; Bransfield Strait; Cordilleran orogenesis; Extension; Ocean bottom seismograph; Seismic

Indexed keywords

SEISMOGRAPH PROFILES;

CRACK PROPAGATION; OCEAN ENGINEERING; SEISMOGRAPHS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

MARINE ENGINEERING;

BACKARC BASIN; BASIN EVOLUTION; CORDILLERA; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; OROGENY; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC VELOCITY;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84879885731     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2003)031<0107:BBEACO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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