Ultramafic rocks in high-strain zones of the southern Mawson Escarpment, Prince Charles Mountains (East Antarctica): Evidence for major crustal shear zones of the palaeoarchaean age?

Terra Antartica

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 69-84

  Mikhalsky, E V ^a   Henjes Kunst, F ^b   Roland, N W ^b  

^a VNIIOKEANGEOLOGIA   (Russian Federation)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; ARCHEAN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANTLE; METASOMATISM; SHEAR ZONE; STRAIN; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; PRINCE CHARLES MOUNTAINS;

EID: 36849037344     PISSN: 11228628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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