Developing a consistent sequence stratigraphy for the Wilkes Land and Great Australian Bight margins

• Main Authors: Hannah Lane, R. Dietmar Müller, Jennifer M. Totterdell, Joanne M. Whittaker
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Indian Ocean; Great Australian Bight; Bight Basin; Wilkes Land; Antarctica; seismic stratigraphy; continental margin; conjugate margins; Antarctic; Indian; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.656.6679; http://earthbyte.org/Resources/Pdf/Lane_Aus_Ant_seismic_stratigraphy_EABS4_2012.pdf

The conjugate margins of Wilkes Land, Antarctica, and the Great Australian Bight (GAB) are amongst the least understood continental margins. Breakup along the GAB–Wilkes Land part of the Australian–Antarctic margin commenced at approximately 83 Ma. Using recent stratigraphic interpretations develope...