Seafloor topography and tectonic elements of the Western Indian Ocean

Parson, L.M.; Evans, A.J.. 2005 Seafloor topography and tectonic elements of the Western Indian Ocean. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London A, 363 (1826). 15-24. 10.1098/rsta.2004.1472

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Abstract/Summary

The break-up of Gondwanaland and dispersal of several of its component continental fragments, which eventually formed the margins of the Indian Ocean, have produced an ocean basin of enormous variety, both in relief and in origin of seafloor features. The western half of the Indian Ocean alone contains every type of tectonic plate boundary, both active and fossil, and, along with some of the deepest fracture zones, the most complex mid-ocean ridge configurations and some of the thickest sedimentary sequences in the world's ocean basins. This ocean is one of the most diverse on the face of the globe. We explore the evolution of the morphology of the Indian Ocean floor, and discuss the effect of its variations, maxima and minima, on the interconnectivity of the ocean's water masses.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1098/rsta.2004.1472
Additional Keywords:	Indian Ocean, bathymetry, tectonic tvolution
Date made live:	07 Mar 2005 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/114867

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