Tectonic and magmatic patterns in the Jutulstraumen rift (?) region, East Antarctica, as imaged by high-resolution aeromagnetic data

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 767-780

  Ferraccioli, F ^a   Jones, P C ^a   Curtis, M L ^a   Leat, P T ^a   Riley, T R ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aeromagnetic anomalies; East Antarctica; Jutulstraumen; Rift

Indexed keywords

AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; GONDWANA; ICE COVER; ICE STREAM; RIFT ZONE;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; EAST ANTARCTICA; QUEEN MAUD LAND; WORLD;

EID: 26944493836     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03351856     Document Type: Article

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