Thermochronological (40Ar/39Ar) evidence of Early Palaeozoic basin inversion within the southern Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica: Implications for East Gondwana

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 771-784

  Phillips, Glen ^a,b   Wilson, Christopher J L ^a   Phillips, David ^a   Szczepanski, Stan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; GONDWANA; OROGENY; PALEOZOIC; TECTONIC SETTING; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; PRINCE CHARLES MOUNTAINS;

EID: 34547222956     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492006-073     Document Type: Article

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