The Moores Peak Formation, a Cretaceous debris-avalanche deposit in the Antarctic Peninsula Volcanic Group, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 251-264

  Willan, Robert C R ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA; CRETACEOUS; DEBRIS AVALANCHE; STRATIGRAPHY;

ANTARCTICA, SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS, LIVINGSTON ISLAND, HURD PENINSULA;

EID: 0030434690     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-9811(96)00011-9     Document Type: Article

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