Cenozoic tectonic lineaments of the Terra Nova Bay region, Ross Embayment, Antarctica

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 23, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 129-144

  Salvini, Francesco ^a   Storti, Fabrizio ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antartica; Cenozoic; Fracture zones; Lineaments; Ross Sea region; Tectonic evolution

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FAULTING; LINEAMENT; TECTONICS;

ANTARCTICA;

VICTORIA;

EID: 0033399869     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8181(99)00054-5     Document Type: Article

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