Enderby Land, Antarctica-an unusual Precambrian high-grade metamorphic terrain

Journal of the Geological Society of Australia

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 1980, Pages 1-18

  Sheraton, J W ^a   Offe, L A ^a   Tingey, R J ^a   Ellis, D J ^b  

^a GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84948051348     PISSN: 00167614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00167618008729114     Document Type: Article

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