Revised tectonic evolution of the Eastern Indian Ocean

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1891-1909

  Whittaker, Joanne M ^a,b   Williams, Simon E ^a   Müller, R Dietmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Kerguelen Plateau; LIPs; mantle plume; plate tectonics; triple junction

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOPHYSICS;

CONTINENTAL RIFTING; KERGUELEN PLATEAU; LIPS; MANTLE PLUME; PLATE-TECTONIC MODELS; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

TECTONICS;

AUSTRALIAN PLATE; BASIN EVOLUTION; INDIAN PLATE; MANTLE PLUME; MID-OCEAN RIDGE; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; PLATE TECTONICS; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (EAST);

EID: 84880772715     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ggge.20120     Document Type: Article

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