Structure and timing of transpressional deformation in the Shackleton Glacier area, Ross orogen, Antarctica

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 161, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1027-1038

  Paulsen, T S ^a   Encarnacion J ^b   Grunow, A M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b Saint Louis University   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar; Antarctica; Ross orogen; Structure; Transantarctic Mountains

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; OROGENY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TRANSPRESSION;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS; WORLD;

EID: 8744253469     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764903-040     Document Type: Article

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