A new stratigraphy for the Latady Basin, Antarctic Peninsula: Part 1, Ellsworth Land Volcanic Group

Geological Magazine

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 777-796

  Hunter, M A ^a   Riley, T R ^a   Cantrill, D J ^b   Flowerdew, M J ^a   Millar, I L ^c  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Basalt; Crustal contamination; Geochemistry; Rhyolite; U Pb

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; DEPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; LEAD ALLOYS; RHODIUM ALLOYS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; STRATIGRAPHY; URANIUM ALLOYS; VOLCANOES; ZIRCON;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; DETRITAL ZIRCON; IGNEOUS PROVINCE; INTRACONTINENTAL EXTENSIONS; RHYOLITE; SEDIMENTARY FACIES;

BASALT;

CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; JURASSIC; RHYOLITE; STRATIGRAPHY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; ZIRCON;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; LATADY BASIN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 33750969317     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756806002597     Document Type: Article

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