Mafic dike swarms in the South Shetland Islands volcanic arc: Unravelling multiepisodic magmatism related to subduction and continental rifting

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B10, 1999, Pages 23051-23068

  Willan, Robert C R ^a   Kelley, Simon P ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIKE SWARM; MAGMATISM; RIFTING; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

EID: 0033543830     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900180     Document Type: Article

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