The age and stratigraphy of fore-arc magmatism on Alexander Island, Antarctica

Geological Magazine

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 507-522

  McCarron, Joe J ^a,b   Millar, Ian L ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; MAGMATISM; SUBDUCTION; TERTIARY; VOLCANIC ARC;

ANTARCTICA, ALEXANDER ISLAND;

EID: 0031453339     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756897007437     Document Type: Article

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