Leg 183 snthesis: Kerguelen Plateau-Broken Ridge-a large igneous province

• Main Authors: Frey, FA, Coffin, MF, Wallace, PJ, Weis, D
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Texas A & M University, Ocean Drilling Program 2003
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Geology; Marine Geoscience; Broken Ridge; Elan Bank; Indian; Kerguelen; Southern Ocean; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2973/odp.proc.sr.183.015.2003; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/73830

The Kerguelen Plateau and Broken Ridge form a large igneousprovince (LIP) in the southern Indian Ocean. The main objectives ofOcean Drilling Program Leg 183 were to understand the origin and evolutionof this LIP and the impact of its formation on the environment.Igneous basement (33 to 233 m of pene...