Ross-age amalgamation of East and West Gondwana: Evidence from the Shackleton Range, Antarctica

Terra Antarctica

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 317-325

  Tessensohn, F ^a   Kleinschmidt, G ^b   Talarico, F ^c   Buggisch, W ^d   Brommer, A ^b   Henjes Kunst, F ^a   Kroner, U ^e   Millar, I L ^f   Zeh, A ^g  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^e TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^f BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^g Mineralogisches Institut   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; GONDWANA; OPHIOLITE; OROGENY; PRECAMBRIAN; SUBDUCTION;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0033501702     PISSN: 11228628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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