A record of 2.5 and 1.1 billion year old crust in the Lawrence Hills, Antarctic Southern Prince Charles Mountains

Terra Antartica

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 13-30

  Corvino, A F ^a   Henjes Kunst, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; ARCHEAN; CRUST; ESCARPMENT; GNEISS; MAGMATISM; PROTEROZOIC; QUARTZITE; SAMARIUM-NEODYMIUM DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; PRINCE CHARLES MOUNTAINS; VESTFOLD HILLS;

EID: 36849053347     PISSN: 11228628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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