Sills of the Theron Mountains, Antarctica: Evidence for long distance transport of mafic magmas during Gondwana break-up

Dyke Swarms - Time Markers of Crustal Evolution - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference, IDC-5

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 183-199

  Leat, P T ^a   Luttinen, A V ^b   Storey, B C ^c   Millar, I L ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL DATA; ANTARCTICA; CHEMICAL GROUP; CROSS-CUTTING; INITIAL STAGES; JURASSIC; LONG-DISTANCE TRANSPORT; MAFIC SILLS; PERMIAN;

ZIRCONIUM;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EID: 42749097719     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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