Lithospheric mantle domains beneath Antarctica

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 246, Issue , 2005, Pages 359-380

  Leat, Philip T ^a   Dean, A A ^a   Millar, I L ^a   Kelley, S P ^b   Vaughan, Alan P M ^a   Riley, T R ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; GONDWANA; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MANTLE SOURCE; TERRANE;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; WORLD;

EID: 23844559299     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.246.01.15     Document Type: Review

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