Deformation and fluid flow during orogeny at the palaeo-Pacific active margin of Gondwana: The Early Palaeozoic Robertson Bay accretionary complex (north Victoria Land, Antarctica)

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-53

  Rossetti, F ^a   Tecce, F ^b   Aldega, L ^a   Brilli, M ^b   Faccenna, C ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accretionary complex; Antarctica; Early Palaeozoic; Fluid flow; North Victoria Land; Thermobarometry

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MARGIN; DEFORMATION; FLUID FLOW; FLUID INCLUSION; GONDWANA; OROGENY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOZOIC;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; VICTORIA LAND;

EID: 33645893198     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2005.00620.x     Document Type: Article

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