Correlation of byrd and selborne groups, with implications for the byrd glacier discontinuity, central transantarctic mountains, Antarctica

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 157-171

  Stump, E ^a   Gootee, B F ^a   Talarico, F ^b   Van Schmus, W R ^c   Brand, P K ^a,c   Foland, K A ^d   Fanning, C M ^e  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Byrd Group; Cambrian; Ross Orogen; Selborne Group; Shackleton Limestone; Stratigraphy; Transantarctic Mountains

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; LIMESTONE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

ANTARCTICA; TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS;

EID: 3242875688     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2004.9515045     Document Type: Article

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