Location of the Africa-Australia-India Triple Junction and Motion Between the Australian and Indian Plates: Results From an Aeromagnetic Investigation of the Central Indian and Carlsberg Ridges

• Published in: Geophysical Journal International
• Main Authors: Demets, Charles, Gordon, Richard G., Vogt, Peter
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 1994
• Subjects: Articles; Antarctic; Indian; Rodriguez; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://gji.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/119/3/893; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.1994.tb04025.x

Prior studies have proposed and examined the hypothesis that India and Australia are separate rigid plates separated by a wide, near-equatorial, E-W striking, plate boundary. Attempts to place narrow limits on the location of the Africa-Australia-India triple junction have been hindered, however, by...