Recent aeromagnetic and deep electromagnetic exploration projects in East Antarctica

Terra Antartica Reports

Volumn , Issue 12, 2006, Pages 167-176

  Armadillo, Egidio ^a   Bozzo, E ^a   Caneva, G ^a   Ferraccioli, F ^b   Tabellario, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY; EXPLORATION; PALEOZOIC; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; TECTONICS;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS; VICTORIA LAND; WILKES LAND;

EID: 33947241796     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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