Late mesoproterozoic arc and back-arc volcanism in the heimefrontfjella (East Antarctica) and implications for the palaeogeography at the Southeastern margin of the Kaapvaal-Grunehogna Craton

Gondwana Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 449-465

  Bauer, W ^a   Jacobs, J ^b   Fanning, C M ^c   Schmidt, R ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

East Antarctica; Geochemistry; Geochronology; Heimefrontfjella; Late Mesoproterozoic

Indexed keywords

GNEISS; GRANULITE; NUNATAK; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC; PROTOLITH; TERRANE; VOLCANIC ARC; VOLCANISM;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; GRUNEHOGNA CRATON; HEIMEFRONTFJELLA; KAAPVAAL CRATON; QUEEN MAUD LAND;

EID: 0142094519     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70998-9     Document Type: Article

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