Thermal metamorphism of volcanic rocks on Barton Peninsula, King George Island, Antarctica

Geosciences Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 303-317

  Kim, Hyeoncheol ^a   Cho, Moonsup ^a   Lee, Jong Ik ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antarctic Peninsula; Barton Peninsula; Low pressure metamorphism; Thermal metamorphism

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249104655     PISSN: 12264806     EISSN: 15987477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03020615     Document Type: Article

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