Granitoid pluton formation by spreading of continental crust: The Wiley Glacier complex, northwest Palmer Land, Antarctica

Tectonophysics

Volumn 283, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 35-60

  Vaughan, Alan P M ^a   Wareham, Christopher D ^a   Millar, Ian L ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adakite; Diapir; Emplacement mechanism; Gondwana; Isotope geochemistry; Pacific; Palmer Land

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRETACEOUS; EMPLACEMENT MECHANISM; ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMATIC ARC; PLUTON; TRANSTENSION;

ANTARCTICA, PALMER LAND, WILEY GLACIER;

EID: 0031412457     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00150-9     Document Type: Article

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