Subglacial imprints of early Gondwana break-up as identified from high resolution aerogeophysical data over western Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica

Terra Nova

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 573-579

  Ferraccioli, Fausto ^a   Jones, P C ^a   Curtis, M L ^a   Leat, P T ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; GONDWANA; MAGMATISM; MANTLE PLUME; RIFTING; TRIPLE JUNCTION;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; QUEEN MAUD LAND;

EID: 33745241402     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2005.00651.x     Document Type: Article

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