Tectonic reconstructions for paleobathymetry in Drake Passage

Tectonophysics

Volumn 611, Issue , 2014, Pages 28-50

  Eagles, Graeme ^a   Jokat, Wilfried ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Antarctic circumpolar current; Global change; Ocean gateways; Paleobathymetry; Plate motions; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENTS; GLOBAL CHANGE; OCEAN GATEWAY; PALEOBATHYMETRY; PLATE MOTIONS; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

OCEAN CURRENTS; TRANSFORM FAULTS;

TECTONICS;

BASIN EVOLUTION; BATHYMETRY; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GLOBAL CHANGE; GONDWANA; JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY; PLATE MOTION; RECONSTRUCTION; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; TECTONIC PLATE;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; ATLANTIC OCEAN; DRAKE PASSAGE; POWELL BASIN; SCOTIA RIDGE; SCOTIA SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA;

EID: 84891558106     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2013.11.021     Document Type: Review

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