Basement geology and Palaeozoic-Mesozoic mafic dykes from the cape meredith complex, Falkland Islands: A record of repeated intracontinental extension

Geological Magazine

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 355-367

  Thistlewood, L ^a   Leat, P T ^a   Millar, I L ^a   Storey, B C ^a   Vaughan, A P M ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYKE; GEOCHEMISTRY; MESOZOIC; PALAEOZOIC; PETROLOGY;

FALKLAND ISLANDS, WEST FALKLAND, CAPE MEREDITH COMPLEX;

EID: 0030843919     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756897007085     Document Type: Article

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