The Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous Byers Group, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica: Revised stratigraphy and regional correlations

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-67

  Hathway, B ^a   Lomas, S A ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Jurassic Cretaceous; Lithostratigraphy; South Shetland Islands

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; JURASSIC; STRATIGRAPHY;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0031851382     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cres.1997.0095     Document Type: Article

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