Early Jurassic fossiliferous black shales in the exposure hill formation, Ferrar Group of northern Victoria Land, Antarctica

Terra Antartica Reports

Volumn , Issue 12, 2006, Pages 91-98

  Musumeci, G ^a   Pertusati, P C ^a   Ribecai, C ^a   Meccheri, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; BLACK SHALE; EMPLACEMENT; JURASSIC; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAVA FLOW;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; VICTORIA LAND;

EID: 33947264171     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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