Late quaternary faulting and neotectonics, South Victoria Land, Antarctica

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 645-652

  Jones, Sarah ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Plutonic Operations Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Neotectonics; Rifting; Transantarctic Mountains; Victoria Land

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; NEOTECTONIC; QUATERNARY;

ANTARCTICA, VICTORIA LAND, GARWOOD VALLEY; ANTARCTICA, VICTORIA LAND, HIDDEN VALLEY;

EID: 0031463665     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.154.4.0645     Document Type: Article

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