Fission-track evidence for the thermotectonic evolution of a Mesozoic-Cenozoic fore-arc, Antarctica

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-82

  Storey, B C ^a   Brown, R W ^b   Carter, A ^b   Doubleday, P A ^a,c   Hurford, A J ^b   Macdonald, D I M ^a,c   Nell, P A R ^a,d  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Apatite; Fission track; Fore arc basins

Indexed keywords

APATITE; CAINOZOIC; CRETACEOUS; FISSION TRACK; FOREARC BASIN; THERMOTECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ANTARCTICA, ALEXANDER ISLAND;

EID: 0029773257     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.153.1.0065     Document Type: Article

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