Operto S. auteur aut IRD Charvis Philippe auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf reformatted digital access The 21-25-km-thick crust of the southern Kerguelen Plateau consists of three units: (1) a ≤ 2.3-km-thick sedimentary cover; (2) a 3-6-km-thick basaltic layer with velocities ranging from 4.5 to 6.2 km/s; and (3) a 15-17-km-thick lower crust with velocities from 6.6 to 6.9 km/s, including a 3-6-km-thick transition zone located at the base of the crust. The low-velocity transition zone has an average velocity of 6.7 km/s and exhibits several internal wide-angle reflections. The velocity-depth structure of the crust differs significantly from that of other hotspot-related oceanic plateaus and suggests that the southern Kerguelen Plateau may be a fragment of a volcanic passive margin composed of a thinned continental crust overlain by basalt flows. specialized TECTONIQUE DE PLAQUES GEOLOGIE STRUCTURALE CROUTE CONTINENTALE SISMOLOGIE VOLCANISME OCEAN INDIEN 064TECTO 23 6 137-140 1995 0091-7613 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:42472 10.1130/0091-7613(1995)023<0137:KPAVPM>2.3.CO;2 0091-7613 [F B42472] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:42472 https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/pleins_textes_6/b_fdi_35-36/42472.pdf IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 1995-10-09 2020-10-19 fdi:42472 fre