Magmatic belts in accretionary margins, a key for tectonic evolution: The Tonalite Belt of North Victoria Land (East Antarctica)

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 177-189

  Musumeci, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accretion; Deformation; Kinematics; Magmatism; Terranes

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERRANE;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0032923956     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.156.1.0177     Document Type: Article

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