159 Ma Kjakebeinet lamproites (Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica) and their implications for Gondwana breakup processes

Geological Magazine

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 525-539

  Luttinen, A V ^a   Zhang, X ^b   Foland, K A ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Ar Ar; Geochronology; Gondwana; Isotopes; Lamproite

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM OXIDE; FLOODS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPES; MICA; SILICA; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; ZEOLITES;

ANTARCTICA; GONDWANA; GONDWANA BREAKUPS; INCOMPATIBLE ELEMENT; LAMPROITE; LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE; LITHOSPHERIC THINNING; STRIKE SLIP FAULTING;

BASALT;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; DIKE SWARM; EMPLACEMENT; GONDWANA; JURASSIC; LAMPROITE; SUPERCONTINENT;

ANTARCTICA; QUEEN MAUD LAND; VESTFJELLA;

EID: 0036766648     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S001675680200674X     Document Type: Article

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