Deformation history of a Mesozoic forearc basin sequence on Alexander Island, Antarctic Peninsula

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-21

  Doubleday, P A ^a,b   Storey, B C ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b Amerada Hess Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FOREARC BASIN; MESOZOIC; SUBDUCTION;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0031813978     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-9811(97)00032-1     Document Type: Article

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