The crustal role of the Agulhas Plateau, southwest Indian Ocean: evidence from seismic profiling

• Published in: Geophysical Journal International
• Main Authors: Gohl, Karsten, Uenzelmann-Neben, Gabriele
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2001
• Subjects: Research Papers; Kerguelen; Indian; Bouvet; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://gji.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/144/3/632; https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-246x.2001.01368.x

Its key geographical position near the reconstructed centre of the Gondwana break-up between Antarctica, South America and Africa has brought attention to the Agulhas Plateau, an oceanic plateau in the southwest Indian Ocean, with regard to its crustal nature and origin. The majority of previous stu...