Isotope age constraint for the Blue Dyke and Jardine Peak subvertical intrusions of King George Island, West Antarctica

Polish Polar Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 379-391

  Pańczyk, Magdalena ^a,b   Nawrocki, Jerzy ^a,b   Williams, Ian S ^c  

^a POLISH GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctica; King George Island; Late oligocene; U pb SHRIMP dating

Indexed keywords

ANDESITE; ARGON-ARGON DATING; CRYSTALLIZATION; HYPABYSSAL ROCK; OLIGOCENE; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING; SHRIMP DATING; STRATIFORM DEPOSIT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ANTARCTICA; DRAKE PASSAGE; KING GEORGE ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

EID: 72249101785     PISSN: 01380338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4202/ppres.2009.20     Document Type: Article

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