Structural and thermochronological constraints to the evolution of the West Antarctic Rift System in central Victoria Land

Tectonics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Storti, Fabrizio ^a   Balestrieri, Maria Laura ^b   Balsamo, Fabrizio ^a   Rossetti, Federico ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; FAULT ZONE; FISSION TRACK DATING; OBLIQUE FAULT; RIFTING; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN; VICTORIA LAND; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 55949115614     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006TC002066     Document Type: Article

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