New seismic data support Cenozoic rifting in George VI Sound, Antarctic Peninsula

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 889-902

  Bell, A C ^a   King, E C ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIFTING; SEISMIC SURVEY;

ANTARCTICA, ANTARCTIC PENINSULA, GEORGE VI SOUND;

EID: 0032418070     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1998.00605.x     Document Type: Article

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