Structure of the Kerguelen Plateau province from Seasat altimetry and seismic reflection data

Coffin, M.F.; Davies, H.L.; Haxby, W.F.. 1986 Structure of the Kerguelen Plateau province from Seasat altimetry and seismic reflection data. Nature, 324 (6093). 134-136. https://doi.org/10.1038/324134a0

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Abstract/Summary

The Kerguelen Plateau in the southern Indian Ocean stands 2−4 km above the adjacent sea floor and is 2,500 km long (Fig. 1)1,2. Seasat provided a unique data set for deriving the free-air gravity field of the region (Fig. 2)3−5. Here we report the results of a new analysis of the plateau province's structure employing both Seasat and newly-acquired multichannel seismic (MCS) data6,7 for ground truth. The northern sector is characterized by volcanism and a sedimentary basin; the southern sector by a broad anticlinal arch, major faulting, and a sedimentary basin; and the eastern sector by an abyssal basin (Labuan) and bounding ridge (William's). The three sectors argue for a more complex tectonic evolution of the feature than has been previously proposed.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1038/324134a0
ISSN:	0028-0836
Date made live:	06 Mar 2008 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/150572

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1038/324134a0

ISSN:

0028-0836

Date made live:

06 Mar 2008 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/150572