Cenozoic structural segmentation of the Transantarctic Mountains rift flank in southern Victoria Land

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 23, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 105-127

  Wilson, Terry J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Lineaments; Rifting; Satellite imagery; Transfer faults

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; RIFTING; SEGMENTATION; TECTONICS;

ANTARCTICA;

EREBUS; VICTORIA;

EID: 0033383951     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8181(99)00053-3     Document Type: Article

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