The Evolution of the Indian Ocean since the Late Cretaceous

• Published in: Geophysical Journal International
• Main Authors: McKenzie, Dan, Sclater, John G.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 1971
• Subjects: Articles; East Ridge; Indian; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://gji.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/24/5/437; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.1971.tb02190.x

All available ship and aeroplane tracks across the Indian Ocean were searched for identifiable magnetic anomalies and transform faults, and hence the age and direction of motion at the time of formation of about two-thirds of the floor of the ocean established. The magnetic lineations show that Indi...