Active tectonics and morphostructure at the northern margin of central Bransfield Basin, Hurd Peninsula, Livingston Island (South Shetland Islands)

Antarctic Science

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 323-331

  Gonzalez Casado J M ^a   Lopez Martinez J ^a   Duran J J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Active tectonics; Fracture analysis; Geomorphology; Geophysical prospecting; Palaeostress analysis

Indexed keywords

UNITED KINGDOM;

BASIN EVOLUTION; FAULT; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ANTARCTICA; LIVINGSTON ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

EID: 0033197805     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0954102099000413     Document Type: Article

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