Fission track thermo-chronological study of the Barnard point pluton (Livingston Island, Western Antarctica)

Boletin Geologico y Minero

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 39-44

  Sell, I ^a   Poupeau, G ^b   Gonzalez Casado J M ^a   Lopez Martinez J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Institut Dolomieu   (France)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Apatite fission track; Barnard Point pluton; South Shetland Islands; Thermo chronological history

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040362323     PISSN: 03660176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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