The Tiger Gabbro from northern Victoria Land, Antarctica: The roots of an island arc within the early Palaeozoic margin of Gondwana

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 711-724

  Bracciali, Laura ^a   Vincenzo, Gianfranco Di ^b   Rocchi, Sergio ^a   Ghezzo, Claudio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; CONTINENTAL ARC; FOREARC BASIN; GABBRO; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; ISLAND ARC; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAYERED INTRUSION; MICROPLATE; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; PACIFIC PLATE; PALEOZOIC; PLUTONIC ROCK; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; VICTORIA LAND;

EID: 69949117335     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492008-098     Document Type: Article

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