Geochemistry and tectonic setting of mafic rocks in western Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica: Implications for the geodynamic evolution of the Proterozoic Maud Belt

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 465-475

  Grosch, Eugene G ^a   Bisnath, Avinash ^a   Frimmel, Hartwig E ^a,b   Board, Warwick S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAFIC ROCK; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; TECTONIC SETTING; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; QUEEN MAUD LAND;

EID: 33947426826     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492005-152     Document Type: Article

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