East Gondwana breakup and microcontinent formation
The Eastern Indian and Australian Southern Ocean were formed through the breakup of EastGondwana Australia, India and Antarctica. Today these ocean basins contain numerous submergedfeatures with crustal thickness much greater than normal oceanic crust, including Large IgneousProvinces (LIPs), microc...
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ftunivtasecite:oai:ecite.utas.edu.au:131204 2023-05-15T13:55:18+02:00 East Gondwana breakup and microcontinent formation Whittaker, J Williams, S Halpin, J Daczko, N 2017 application/pdf http://geodynamics.curtin.edu.au/rodinia-2017/ http://ecite.utas.edu.au/131204 en eng . http://ecite.utas.edu.au/131204/1/Rodinia-abstract-volume 39-40.pdf Whittaker, J and Williams, S and Halpin, J and Daczko, N, East Gondwana breakup and microcontinent formation, Programs and Abstracts, Rodinia 2017 Conference, 11-14 June 2017, Townsville, Australia, pp. 25-26. (2017) [Conference Extract] http://ecite.utas.edu.au/131204 Earth Sciences Geology Marine Geoscience Conference Extract NonPeerReviewed 2017 ftunivtasecite 2019-12-13T22:29:08Z The Eastern Indian and Australian Southern Ocean were formed through the breakup of EastGondwana Australia, India and Antarctica. Today these ocean basins contain numerous submergedfeatures with crustal thickness much greater than normal oceanic crust, including Large IgneousProvinces (LIPs), microcontinents and 'failed' microcontinents still attached to Australia's passivecontinental margins, e.g. the Naturaliste Plateau and the South Tasman Rise. The features point to awide range of interacting surface and mantle processes such as mantle plumes, plate tectonicreorganisations, varying seafloor spreading rates and directions, and downwelling slabs. Conference Object Antarc* Antarctica Southern Ocean eCite UTAS (University of Tasmania) Southern Ocean Indian South Tasman Rise ENVELOPE(148.000,148.000,-47.500,-47.500) |
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The Eastern Indian and Australian Southern Ocean were formed through the breakup of EastGondwana Australia, India and Antarctica. Today these ocean basins contain numerous submergedfeatures with crustal thickness much greater than normal oceanic crust, including Large IgneousProvinces (LIPs), microcontinents and 'failed' microcontinents still attached to Australia's passivecontinental margins, e.g. the Naturaliste Plateau and the South Tasman Rise. The features point to awide range of interacting surface and mantle processes such as mantle plumes, plate tectonicreorganisations, varying seafloor spreading rates and directions, and downwelling slabs. |
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http://ecite.utas.edu.au/131204/1/Rodinia-abstract-volume 39-40.pdf Whittaker, J and Williams, S and Halpin, J and Daczko, N, East Gondwana breakup and microcontinent formation, Programs and Abstracts, Rodinia 2017 Conference, 11-14 June 2017, Townsville, Australia, pp. 25-26. (2017) [Conference Extract] http://ecite.utas.edu.au/131204 |
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