Latest neoproterozoic to Mid-Cambrian age for the main deformation phases of the transantarctic mountains: New stratigraphic and isotopic constraints from the Pensacola mountains, Antarctica

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 295-308

  Rowell, A J ^a   van Schmus, W R ^a   Storey, B C ^a   Fetter, A H ^a   Evans, K R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Absolute age; Antarctica; Cambrian; Neoproterozoic; Orogeny

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; DEFORMATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0034782744     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/jgs.158.2.295     Document Type: Article

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