Ridge push, mantle plumes and the speed of the Indian plate

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 670-677

  Eagles, Graeme ^a,b   Wibisono, Affelia D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dynamics: Gravity and tectonics; Hotspots; Indian Ocean.; Magnetic anomalies: Modelling and interpretation; Mid ocean ridge processes; Plate motions

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS: GRAVITY AND TECTONICS; HOTSPOTS; INDIAN OCEAN; MAGNETIC ANOMALIES: MODELLING AND INTERPRETATIONS; MID-OCEAN RIDGE PROCESS; PLATE MOTIONS;

TECTONICS; TORQUE;

THERMAL PLUMES;

CRETACEOUS; GEODYNAMICS; GRAVITY FIELD; INDIAN PLATE; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MANTLE PLUME; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOGENE; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC PLATE; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; UPLIFT;

INDIAN OCEAN; MASCARENE BASIN;

EID: 84880299098     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggt162     Document Type: Article

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