Post permian tectono-thermal evolution of western Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica: An apatite fission-track approach

Antarctic Science

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 451-460

  Jacobs, Joachim ^a   Lisker, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apatite; Denudation; Dronning Maud Land; East Antarctica; Fission track; Rifting

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; GEOLOGY;

APATITE; DENUDATION; FISSION TRACK DATING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

ANTARCTICA; DRONNING MAUD LAND;

EID: 0033404729     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0954102099000589     Document Type: Article

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