Middle Jurassic rhyolite volcanism of eastern Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula: Age correlations and stratigraphic relationships

Geological Magazine

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 581-595

  Riley, Teal R ^a   Flowerdew, Michael J ^a   Hunter, Morag A ^a   Whitehouse, Martin J ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Gondwana; Rhyolite; Sedimentary; Subduction

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRANITE; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANOES;

ANTARCTICA; GONDWANA; RHYOLITE; SEDIMENTARY; SUBDUCTION;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

AGE DETERMINATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; JURASSIC; RHYOLITE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TECTONIC SETTING; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANISM;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; GRAHAM LAND; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 77953613173     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756809990720     Document Type: Article

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