Petrology and 40Ar-39Ar dating of shear zones in the Lanterman Range (northern Victoria Land, Antarctica): Implications for metamorphic and temporal evolution at terrane boundaries

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 89, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 217-249

  Crispini, L ^a   Di Vincenzo, G ^b   Palmeri, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CAMBRIAN; FAULT ZONE; GREENSCHIST FACIES; ORDOVICIAN; PETROLOGY; REGIONAL METAMORPHISM; RETROGRADE METAMORPHISM; SHEAR ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TERRANE;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; LANTERMAN RANGE; VICTORIA LAND;

EID: 33847637525     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00710-006-0164-2     Document Type: Article

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