Early Cambrian crustal shortening and a clockwise P-T-t path from the southern Prince Charles Mountains, East Antartica: Implications for the formation of Gondwana

Journal of Metamorphic Geology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 603-623

  Boger, Steven D ^a   Wilson, C J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continent collision; East Antarctica; Gondwana; Pan African; Prince Charles Mountains

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEFORMATION; GONDWANA; P-T-T PATH; PAN AFRICAN OROGENY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; PRINCE CHARLES MOUNTAINS;

EID: 33745143922     PISSN: 02634929     EISSN: 15251314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.2005.00598.x     Document Type: Article

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