Ridge-trench collision-induced switching of arc tectonics and magma sources: clues from Antarctic Peninsula mafic dykes

Terra Nova

Volumn 9, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 255-259

  Scarrow, J H ^a,b   Vaughan, A P M ^a   Leat, P T ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; MAFIC DYKE; MAGMA SOURCE; TECTONICS;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0031371446     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.1997.tb00024.x     Document Type: Article

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