Slice of intraoceanic arc: Insights from the first multichannel seismic reflection profile across the South Sandwich island arc

We present the first multichannel seismic (MCS) reflection line that crosses the South Sandwich Trench, South Sandwich island arc, and East Scotia Sea backarc basin. The line is used in combination with earthquake catalogue data to interpret the strain distribution across the Sandwich plate and the...

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Main Authors: Vanneste, L.E., Larter, R.D., Smythe, D.K.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Geological Society of America 2002
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Online Access:http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/213868/