A new stratigraphy for the Latady Basin, Antarctic Peninsula: Part 2, Latady Group and basin evolution

Geological Magazine

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 797-819

  Hunter, M A ^a   Cantrill, David J ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Basin history; Jurassic; Lithostratigraphy

Indexed keywords

LITHOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTIC; GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; JURASSIC; LITHO-STRATIGRAPHIC; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MIDDLE JURASSIC;

DEPOSITS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENT; BASIN EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL ARC; DEPOSITION; JURASSIC; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; RIFTING; SUBDUCTION; UPLIFT;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; LATADY BASIN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 33751012114     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756806002603     Document Type: Article

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