Late sinistral shearing along Gondwana's paleo-pacific margin in the Ross Orogen, Antarctica: New Structure and age data from the O'Brien Peak area

Journal of Geology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 303-313

  Paulsen, Timothy ^a   Encarnación, John ^a,b,d   Grunow, Anne ^a,c   Valencia, Victor A ^a,d   Rasoazanamparany, Christine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b Saint Louis University   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GONDWANA; GRANITE; MYLONITIZATION; ORDOVICIAN; OROGENY; SUBDUCTION; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ANTARCTICA; IOWA; NORTH AMERICA; O'BRIEN COUNTY; QUEEN MAUD MOUNTAINS; TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44149117512     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/587727     Document Type: Article

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