Seafloor and Ocean Crust Structure of the Kerguelen Plateau from Marine Geophysical and Satellite Altimetry Datasets

• Published in: Geomatics
• Main Author: Polina Lemenkova
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Antarctic; Southern Ocean; bathymetry; French Southern and Antarctic Lands; cartography; satellite altimetry; marine geophysics; sediments; magnetic anomalies; seafloor; Broken Ridge; Indian; Kerguelen; Kerguelen Islands; Antarc*; Antarctica; Crozet Islands
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/geomatics3030022

The volcanic Kerguelen Islands are formed on one of the world’s largest submarine plateaus. Located in the remote segment of the southern Indian Ocean close to Antarctica, the Kerguelen Plateau is notable for a complex tectonic origin and geologic formation related to the Cretaceous history of the c...