Thrusting in the lower crust: Evidence from the Oygarden Islands, Kemp Land, East Antarctica

Geological Magazine

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 219-234

  Kelly, N M ^a   Clarke, G L ^a   Carson, C J ^a,c   White, R W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GARNETS; SILICATE MINERALS;

CLINOPYROXENES; CRUSTAL LEVELS; DIRECTED TRANSPORT; DUPLEX STRUCTURES; EAST ANTARCTICA; PROGRESSIVE DEFORMATION; STRAIN PARTITIONING; STRUCTURAL GEOMETRY;

LANDFORMS;

DEFORMATION; LOWER CRUST; ORTHOGNEISS; THRUST;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; KEMP LAND;

EID: 0033925782     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756800004027     Document Type: Article

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