Origin of the Australian–Antarctic Discordance from an ancient slab and mantle wedge

• Main Authors: Gurnis, M., Müller, R. D.
• Other Authors: Müller, R. Dietmar, Hillis, R. R.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: unknown
• Published: Geological Society of America 2003
• Subjects: Antarctic; Australian-Antarctic Discordance; Indian; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://authors.library.caltech.edu/35684/; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20121127-143231568

A variety of evidence has suggested that the enigmatic Australian–Antarctic Discordance is caused by a cold zone beneath the present-day South East Indian Ridge south of Australia. We show that the present position of the subduction zone which surrounded Gondwanaland until the Mesozoic is within a f...