Plate‐tectonic setting of the Tasmanian region

• Published in: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Royer, J.‐Y., Rollet, N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 1997
• Subjects: Antarctic; Australian Antarctic Basin; Australian-Antarctic Basin; Indian; South Tasman Rise; Southeast Indian Ridge; Tasman Fracture Zone; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/34845/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/34845/1/Royer.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1080/08120099708728336

The South Tasman Rise is a large submarine plateau of continental origin, located south of Tasmania. In the light of satellite‐derived gravity data and shipboard swath‐bathymetry and magnetic data collected in 1994 in the South Tasman Rise region, this paper re‐examines the sea‐floor spreading histo...