Palaeomagnetic, 40Ar/39Ar, and stratigraphical correlation of Miocene-Pliocene basalts in the Brandy Bay area, James Ross Island, Antarctica

Antarctic Science

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 409-417

  Jánsson, Leó Krist ^a   Gudmundsson, Magnús T ^a   Smellie, John L ^b   Mcintosh, William C ^c   Esser, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lava fed deltas; Neogene; Radiometric dating; Volcanics

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; BASALT; MIOCENE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLIOCENE;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; JAMES ROSS ISLAND; WEST ANTARCTICA; WORLD;

EID: 24644501787     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102005002853     Document Type: Review

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