Nonmarine sedimentation in an Early Cretaceous extensional continental-margin ARC, Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 686-697

  Hathway, B ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL ARC; CRETACEOUS; GONDWANA; JURASSIC; UNCONFORMITY; VOLCANICLASTIC SEDIMENTATION;

ANTARCTICA, SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS, LIVINGSTONE ISLAND, BYERS PENINSULA;

BASALT; DEPOSITS; SUBSIDENCE; WELDING;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DIFFERENTIAL SUBSIDENCE; EARLY CRETACEOUS; FLUVIAL CHANNELS; LOWER CRETACEOUS; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS; STRATOVOLCANOES;

WEATHERING;

EID: 0031457911     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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