Tectonic implications of fore-arc magmatism and generation of high-magnesian andesites: Alexander Island, Antarctica

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 269-280

  McCarron, J J ^a,b   Smellie, J L ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Andesites; Antarctica; Fore arc basin; Magmatism; Subduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000708404     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.155.2.0269     Document Type: Article

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