Surgeon Island Granite: Implications for regional geological evolution of northern Victoria Land from structural observations and SHRIMP zircon dating

Terra Antartica Reports

Volumn , Issue 9 SPEC. ISS., 2003, Pages 171-175

  Fioretti, A M ^a   Capponi, G ^b   Black, L P ^c   Visona', D ^d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c Minerals Division   (Australia)

^d Dipartimento di Mineral/Petrologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANITE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; VICTORIA LAND;

EID: 4444260493     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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