Neoproterozoic structural slices in the Ross Orogen, Skelton Glacier area, South Victoria Land, Antarctica

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 133-143

  Cook, Y A ^a   Craw, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Deformation; Faults; Metamorphism; Ross Orogeny; Shear zones; Transantarctic Mountains

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FAULTING; METAMORPHISM; OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; SHEAR ZONE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ANTARCTICA; VICTORIA LAND;

EID: 0036243007     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2002.9514965     Document Type: Article

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