Late Cretaceous to early Tertiary subduction history of the Antarctic Peninsula

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 255-268

  McCarron, Joe J ^a,b   Larter, Robert D ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Andesites; Antarctica; Magnetic anomalies; Plate rotation; Subduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000881002     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.155.2.0255     Document Type: Article

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