Brittle deformation relating to the Carboniferous-Cretaceous evolution of the Lambert Graben, East Antarctica: A precursor for Cenozoic relief development in an intraplate and glaciated region

Tectonophysics

Volumn 471, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 216-224

  Phillips, G ^a,b   Laufer A L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

East Antarctica; Gamburtsev Mountains; Intracontinental relief; Lambert Graben; Palaeostress; Stress inversion

Indexed keywords

EAST ANTARCTICA; GAMBURTSEV MOUNTAINS; INTRACONTINENTAL RELIEF; LAMBERT GRABEN; PALAEOSTRESS; STRESS INVERSION;

DEFORMATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LANDFORMS; TECTONICS; UNLOADING;

STRESS RELIEF;

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; CARBONIFEROUS; CRETACEOUS; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; PALEOSTRESS; STRESS FIELD; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRANSTENSION; UPLIFT;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; LAMBERT GRABEN;

EID: 67349209500     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.02.012     Document Type: Article

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