Draped aeromagnetic survey in Transantarctic Mountains over the area of the Butcher Ridge igneous complex showing extent of underlying mafic intrusion

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 8, 2002, Pages

  Behrendt, John C ^a,b   Damaske, Detlef ^c   Finn, Carol A ^b   Kyle, Philip ^d   Wilson, Terry J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^d NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeromagnetic survey; Antarctica; Igneous petrology; Transantarctic Mountains

Indexed keywords

AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; JURASSIC; MAFIC ROCK; MAGNETIC ANOMALY;

ANTARCTICA; BUTCHER RIDGE; TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0037055942     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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