Episodic silicic volcanism in Patagonia and the Antarctic Peninsula: Chronology of magmatism associated with the break-up of Gondwana

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 605-625

  Pankhurst, R J ^a,b   Riley, T R ^a   Fanning, C M ^c   Kelley, S P ^d  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic Peninsula; Ignimbrites; Jurassic; Patagonia; U Pb; Zircon

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; GONDWANA; IGNIMBRITE; JURASSIC; MAGMATISM; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANISM;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; ARGENTINA; CHILE; PATAGONIA;

EID: 0034092772     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/41.5.605     Document Type: Article

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