Mesozoic/Cenozoic Tectonic Events Around Australia

• Main Authors: Müller, R. Dietmar, Gaină, Carmen, Tikku, Anahita, Mihut, Dona, Cande, Steven C., Stock, Joann M.
• Other Authors: Richards, Mark A., Gordon, Richard G., Van der Hilst, Robert Dirk
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2000
• Subjects: Antarctic; East Antarctica; Indian; New Zealand; Pacific; West Antarctica; Wharton; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://authors.library.caltech.edu/44994/; https://authors.library.caltech.edu/44994/1/Stock_2000p161.pdf; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140416-154731979

We use an absolute and relative plate motion model for the plates around Australia to identify major plate tectonic events, evaluate their causes, and investigate their effects on anomalous intraplate subsidence or uplift and on the history of oceanic crustal accretion. An event at ~136 Ma is marked...