Late-Ross ductile deformation features in the Wilson Terrane of northern Victoria Land (Antarctica) and their implications for the Western front of the Ross Orogen

Terra Antartica

Volumn 10, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 179-196

  Laufer A L ^a   Rossetti, F ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUCTILE DEFORMATION; GEODYNAMICS; OROGENY; TECTONICS; TERRANE;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; VICTORIA LAND;

VICTORIA;

EID: 1842481126     PISSN: 11228628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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