Characterization of the Mefjell plutonic complex from the Sør Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica: Implications for the petrogenesis of Pan-African plutonic rocks of East Gondwanaland

Island Arc

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 636-652

  Li, Zilong ^a   Tainosho, Yoshiaki ^b   Kimura, Jun Ichi ^c   Shiraishi, Kazuyuki ^d  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

East Antarctica; Geochemistry; Gondwanaland; Granitic rock; Petrogenesis; Syenitic rock

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; FUGACITY; GONDWANA; GRANITE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; ILMENITE; PETROGENESIS; PLUTONIC ROCK; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SUPERCONTINENT; SYENITE; TECTONIC SETTING;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; SOR RONDANE MOUNTAIN;

ARANEAE;

EID: 33644791933     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: 14401738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.2005.00473.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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