The Bertrab, Littlewood and Moltke Nunataks of Prinz-Regent-Luitpold-Land (Coats Land) - Enigma of East Antarctic Geology

Polarforschung

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 95-104

  Kleinschmidt, Georg ^a   Boger, Steven D ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CRATON; GEOTECHNICAL MAPPING; GONDWANA; GRANOPHYRE; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; NUNATAK; OROGENY; RHYOLITE; TERRAIN;

ANTARCTICA; COATS LAND; EAST ANTARCTICA; PRINCE CHARLES MOUNTAINS;

EID: 70450214022     PISSN: 00322490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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