Continental rift to back-arc basin: Jurassic-Cretaceous stratigraphical and structural evolution of the Larsen Basin, Antarctic Peninsula

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 417-432

  Hathway, B ^a,b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Back arc basins; Gondwana; Mesozoic; South America

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; GONDWANA; MESOZOIC; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0034066372     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jgs.157.2.417     Document Type: Article

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