Arc accretion to the early Paleozoic Antarctic margin of Gondwana in Victoria Land

Gondwana Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 594-607

  Rocchi, S ^a   Bracciali, L ^a,d   Di Vincenzo, G ^b   Gemelli, M ^a   Ghezzo, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^d BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accretion; Antarctica; Backarc; Magmatic arc; Ross Delamerian Orogeny

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; BACKARC BASIN; CONTINENTAL ARC; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; EXHUMATION; MAGMATISM; PACIFIC PLATE; PALEOZOIC;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; VICTORIA LAND;

EID: 79952071692     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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