Tectonic significance of Proterozoic ductile shortening and translation along the Antarctic margin of Gondwana

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 58-70

  Goodge, John W ^a   Borg, Scott G ^b   Smith, Brad K ^c   Bennett, Victoria C ^d  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DUCTILE SHORTENING; GONDWANA; PROTEROZOIC; SHEAR ZONE; TRANSLATION;

ANTARCTICA, TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0026000104     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821X(91)90017-C     Document Type: Article

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