Late Palaeozoic to Mesozoic structural evolution of the Falkland islands: A displaced segment of the Cape Fold Belt

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 115-129

  Curtis, M L ^a   Hyam, D M ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Falkland Islands; Gondwana; Structural geology

Indexed keywords

GONDWANA; MESOZOIC; PALAEOZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONICS;

FALKLAND ISLANDS;

EID: 0031930075     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.155.1.0115     Document Type: Article

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