Open AccessBroad region of no sediment in the southwest Pacific Basin: COMMENT AND REPLY: COMMENT
Author(s) -
G.P. Glasby
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
geology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.609
H-Index - 215
eISSN - 1943-2682
pISSN - 0091-7613
DOI - 10.1130/g23843c.1
Subject(s) - geology , sediment , cretaceous , structural basin , pacific basin , oceanography , paleontology
In their recent paper, [Rea et al. (2006)][1] claim to have discovered an area covering ~2 × 106 km2 located between ~28°S and 42.5°S in the central South Pacific that has been devoid of sediment since the Late Cretaceous (or covered by less than 7 m of sediment—the maximum thickness of
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