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

• Published in: Geomatics
• Main Author: Lemenkova, Polina
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI 2023
• Subjects: Antarktis; Südlicher Ozean; Bathymetrie; Französische Süd- und Antarktisgebiete; Kartographie; Satellitenhöhenmessung; Meeresgeophysik; Sedimente; magnetische Anomalien; Meeresboden; 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; Antarktis*; Crozet Islands
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/geomatics3030022; https://eplus.uni-salzburg.at/doi/10.3390/geomatics3030022; https://resolver.obvsg.at/urn:nbn:at:at-ubs:3-29099

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...