Structural and geochronological constraints of early Ross orogenic deformation in the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 116, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 619-636

  Curtis, Michael L ^a   Millar, Ian L ^a   Storey, Bryan C ^a   Fanning, Mark ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Granite; Polyphase deformation; Transantarctic Mountains; Transpression

Indexed keywords

EAST ANTARCTICA; MOUNTAINS; OROGENIC DEFORMATION; ROSS OROGENY;

DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; LANDFORMS; LIMESTONE; MICROSTRUCTURE; SHRINKAGE; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

GONDWANA; OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; PENSACOLA MOUNTAINS;

EID: 2442595671     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B25170.1     Document Type: Article

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