A fission track thermochronological study of King George and Livingston islands, South Shetland Islands (West Antarctica)

Antarctic Science

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 191-197

  Sell, I ^a,b   Poupeau, G ^b   Gonzalez Casado J M ^a   Lopez Martinez J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Maison l'Archeologie ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Apatite fission track dating; Bransfield Basin rifting; Cenozoic; Northern Antarctic Peninsula; Thermochronology

Indexed keywords

FISSION TRACK DATING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISLAND ARC; MAGMATISM; OLIGOCENE;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

EID: 2942717005     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102004001907     Document Type: Article

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