The eastern Palmer Land shear zone: A new terrane accretion model for the Mesozoic development of the Antarctic Peninsula

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1243-1256

  Vaughan, A P M ^a   Storey, B C ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gondwana; Jurassic; Palaeobiogeography; Suture; Terrane

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; MESOZOIC; SHEAR ZONE; TERRANE;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0033751363     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jgs.157.6.1243     Document Type: Article

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