Age of the Floor of the Eastern Indian Ocean

Age of the Floor of the Eastern Indian Ocean

Deep sea drilling in the eastern Indian Ocean shows that the oceanic crust off Western Australia is approximately 140 million years old and becomes younger to the west; this dates the initial opening of the Indian Ocean.

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Veröffentlicht in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1973-06, Vol.180 (4089), p.952-954
Hauptverfasser: Heirtzler, James R., Veevers, John V., Bolli, Hans M., Carter, Alan N., Cook, Peter J., Krasheninnikov, Valeri A., McKnight, Brian K., Proto-Decima, Franca, Renz, G. W., Robinson, Paul T., Rocker, Karl, Thayer, Paul A.
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Basalt
Basement rocks
Continents
Drilling
Geology
Lasers
Ocean floor
Oceans
Seas
Sediments
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Zusammenfassung:Deep sea drilling in the eastern Indian Ocean shows that the oceanic crust off Western Australia is approximately 140 million years old and becomes younger to the west; this dates the initial opening of the Indian Ocean.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.180.4089.952