Early Palaeozoic near-surface deformation in the Neptune Range, Antarctica: Implications for the Ross and Gondwanian orogenies

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 629-642

  Curtis, M L ^a   Storey, B C ^a,b  

^a Bristish Antarctic Survey   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Clastic dyke; Cleavage; Orogeny

Indexed keywords

CLASTIC DIKE; DEFORMATION; GONDWANA; OROGENY; PALEOZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0041345980     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764902-102     Document Type: Article

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