Deep structure of the northern Kerguelen Plateau and hotspot-related activity

• Published in: Geophysical Journal International
• Main Authors: Charvis, P, Recq, M, Operto, S, Brefort, D
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley-blackwell 1995
• Subjects: hotspot; Kerguelen; lower crust; oceanic islands; oceanic plateau; underplating; Indian; Southeast Indian Ridge; Antarc*; Antarctique*; Iceland
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00297/40791/39809.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.1995.tb06845.x; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00297/40791/

Seismic refraction profiles were carried out in 1983 and 1987 throughout the Kerguelen Isles (southern Indian Ocean, Terres Australes and Antarctiques Francaises, TAAF) and thereafter at sea on the Kerguelen-Heard Plateau during the MD66/KeOBS cruise in 1991. These profiles substantiate the existenc...