Tectonic and sedimentary evolution of the Bransfield Basin, Antarctica

Application of sequence stratigraphy to seismic reflection profiles from the Bransfield Basin indicates that this modern back-arc basin formed in response to cessation of subduction at the South Shetland trench at 4 Ma. Two distinct systems tracts stack to form depositional sequences; hemipelagic se...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jeffers, John Douglas
Other Authors: Anderson, John B.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1911/13297