Next-generation plate-tectonic reconstructions using GPlates

Geoinformatics: Cyberinfrastructure for the Solid Earth Sciences

Volumn 9780521897150, Issue , 2011, Pages 95-114

  Boyden, James A ^a   Müller, R Dietmar ^a   Gurnis, Michael ^b   Torsvik, Trond H ^c   Clark, James A ^a   Turner, Mark ^d   Ivey Law, Hamish ^e   Watson, Robin J ^f   Cannon, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^f GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; REPAIR;

KINEMATIC THEORY; LARGE SCALE MOTION; PLATE BOUNDARIES; RELATIVE MOTION; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SYSTEMS AND PROCESS; TECTONIC PLATES; TECTONIC PROCESS;

TECTONICS;

EID: 84928086845     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511976308.008     Document Type: Chapter

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