Arc evolution: A magnetic perspective from the Antarctic Peninsula

Geological Magazine

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 637-644

  Johnson, A C ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGMATIC ARC; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MAGNETIC SURVEY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ANTARCTICA, ANTARCTIC PENINSULA;

EID: 0030432350     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0016756800024511     Document Type: Article

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