Heat-flow determinations of basement age in small oceanic basins of the southern central Scotia Sea

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 381, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 139-150

  Barker, P F ^a   Lawver, L A ^b   Larter, R D ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; EOCENE; EXTENSION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HEAT FLOW; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; SEAFLOOR; SUBSIDENCE; AGE DETERMINATION; ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR WAVE; ESTIMATION METHOD; MAGNETIC FIELD; OCEAN BASIN; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; ATLANTIC OCEAN; SCOTIA SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 84887275485     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP381.3     Document Type: Article

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