Brittle faulting in the Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica: Cretaceous transtensional tectonics related to the break-up of Gondwana

Tectonophysics

Volumn 367, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 173-186

  Boger, S D ^a   Wilson, C J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Gondwana; Lambert Graben; Palaeostress analysis; Prince Charles Mountains

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CRETACEOUS; DEFORMATION; FAULTING; GONDWANA; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONICS; TRANSTENSION;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; PRINCE CHARLES MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0038168759     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(03)00125-2     Document Type: Article

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