Tectonic and climatic controls on a Mesozoic forearc basin succession, Alexander Island, Antarctica

Geological Magazine

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 313-330

  Nichols, Gary J ^a   Cantrill, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Cretaceous; Fluvial; Fore arc basins; Sedimentology

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; FOSSIL FUELS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; CLIMATIC CONTROLS; CRETACEOUS; FACIES DISTRIBUTION; FLUVIAL; FLUVIAL DEPOSITS; FORE-ARC BASIN;

LANDFORMS;

FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FOREARC BASIN; MESOZOIC; PALEOCLIMATE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TECTONICS;

ALEXANDER ISLAND; ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0036350730     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756802006465     Document Type: Article

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