First evidence of a "Barrovian"-type metamorphic regime in the Ross orogen of the Byrd Glacier area, central Transantarctic Mountains

Antarctic Science

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 451-470

  Talarico, F M ^a   Stump, E ^b   Gootee, B F ^b   Foland, K A ^c   Palmeri, R ^a   Van Schmus, W R ^d   Brand, P K ^b   Ricci, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar dating; Antarctica; Metamorphism; Selborne Group

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; ARGON-ARGON DATING; BIOTITE; CALCITE; DIKE SWARM; DISCONTINUITY; DOLOMITE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GREENSCHIST; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MARBLE; METABASALT; METAMORPHIC ROCK; METAMORPHISM; MUSCOVITE; NEW RECORD; OROGENY; P-T CONDITIONS; PETROLOGY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ANTARCTICA; BYRD GLACIER; EAST ANTARCTICA; MOUNT DICK; TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS;

EID: 35848957702     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102007000594     Document Type: Article

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