Post Permian tectono-thermal evolution of western Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica: an apatite fission-track approach
New apatite fission-track (AFT) ages from Heimefrontfjella and Mannefallknausane indicate that the Mesoproterozoic basement and Permian sedimentary cover rocks were heated to c. 100°C during the Mesozoic. Heating was due to the burial by up to 2000 m of Jurassic lavas at c. 180 Ma, when the area was...
Published in: | Antarctic Science |
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Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
1999
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102099000589 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102099000589 |