West Antarctica in Gondwanaland: Crustal blocks, reconstruction and breakup processes

Tectonophysics

Volumn 155, Issue 1-4, 1988, Pages 381-390

  Storey, B C ^a   Dalziel, I W D ^b   Garrett, S W ^a   Grunow, A M ^c   Pankhurst, R J ^a   Vennum, W R ^d  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^d SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL BLOCKS; GONDWANA; JURASSIC MAGMATISM; PRECAMBRIAN GNEISSES; RUBIDIUM/STRONTIUM AGE DATING;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0024258594     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-1951(88)90276-4     Document Type: Article

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