2. LOWER CRETACEOUS VOLCANIC ROCKS ON CONTINENTAL MARGINS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO THE KERGUELEN PLATEAU1

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• Language: English
• Subjects: Antarctic; Indian; Kerguelen; Kerguelen Island; Prince Charles Mountains; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.570.2291; http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/120_SR/VOLUME/CHAPTERS/sr120_02.pdf

Widespread Lower Cretaceous magmatism occurred along the Indian-Australian/Antarctic margins, and in the juvenile Indian Ocean, during the rifting of eastern Gondwana. The formation of this magmatic province probably began around 120-130 Ma with the eruption of basalts on the Naturaliste Plateau and...