Marine volcaniclastics of the Hidden Lake Formation (Coniacian) of James Ross Island, Antarctica: An enigmatic element in the history of a back-arc basin

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 258, Issue , 2006, Pages 21-47

  Whitham, Andrew G ^a,b   Ineson, Jon R ^a,c   Pirrie, Duncan ^a,d  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; BASIN EVOLUTION; CONIACIAN; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; FACIES; SEDIMENTATION; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; JAMES ROSS ISLAND; WEST ANTARCTICA;

CONIACIAN;

EID: 33745936600     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2006.258.01.03     Document Type: Article

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