South Georgia and Gondwana's Pacific Margin: Lost in translation?

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 65-70

  Eagles, Graeme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic circumpolar current; Extended continental margin; Gondwana; Ophiolite; South Georgia; Tectonic reconstruction

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GONDWANA; JURASSIC; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

ANTARCTICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH GEORGIA;

EID: 77958567588     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2010.04.004     Document Type: Article

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