Cenozoic tectonics in the Yule Bay area: An alternative approach to the structural evolution of the enigmatic Surgeon Island block (Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica)

Terra Antartica

Volumn 10, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 129-140

  Laufer A L ^a   Rossetti, F ^b   Roland, N W ^c  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CENOZOIC; OVERPRINTING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; TRANSPRESSION;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; SURGEON ISLAND;

ENTOVALVA; THALA; VICTORIA;

EID: 1842452906     PISSN: 11228628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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