Gondwanian age dextral transpression and spatial kinematic partitioning within the Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains, West Antarctica

Tectonics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 172-181

  Curtis, Michael L ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

DEFORMATION REGIMES; HORIZONTAL AXIS; MOUNTAIN RANGES; SPATIAL PARTITIONING; STRETCHING LINEATIONS; STRIKE-SLIP COMPONENT; STRUCTURAL RELATIONSHIP; TEMPORAL RELATIONSHIPS;

LANDFORMS;

DEFORMATION; GONDWANIAN OROGENY; KINEMATIC PARTITIONING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TRANSPRESSION;

ANTARCTICA, ELLSWORTH MOUNTAINS, HERITAGE RANGE;

EID: 0030791826     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96TC01418     Document Type: Article

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