Palaeomagnetic results from the middle Tertiary Meander Intrusives of northern Victoria Land, East Antarctica

Antarctic Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-72

  Belluso, Elena ^a   Lanza, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Palaeomagnetism; Palaeopole; Tertiary

Indexed keywords

MINERALOGY; PALAEOMAGNETISM; PALAEOPOLE; TERTIARY;

ANTARCTICA, VICTORIA LAND;

EID: 0029770533     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0954102096000107     Document Type: Article

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