Pan-African tectonism in the Western Maud Belt: P-T-t path for high-grade gneisses in the H.U. Sverdrupfjella, East Antarctica

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 671-699

  Board, W S ^a   Frimmel, Hartwig E ^a,b   Armstrong, R A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

East Antarctica; Geochronology; Maud Belt; P T t path; Pan African orogeny

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; METAMORPHIC ROCK; P-T-T PATH; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; EAST ANTARCTICA; QUEEN MAUD LAND; WORLD;

ARCHAEA; LAURENTIA;

EID: 16444385256     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egh093     Document Type: Article

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