The geology of Cape Dubouzet, northern Antarctic Peninsula: continental basement to the Trinity Peninsula Group?

Antarctic Science

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 407-414

  Hervé, Francisco ^a   Lobato, Jorge ^a   Ugalde, Ignacio ^a   Pankhurst, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic Peninsula; Mesozoic; metamorphic basement; silicic volcanism; xenoliths

Indexed keywords

MAGMATISM; METAMORPHISM; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; VOLCANISM; XENOLITH;

ANTARCTICA, ANTARCTICA PENINSULA, CAPE DUBOUZET;

EID: 0030303722     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0954102096000582     Document Type: Article

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