Isotopic Age and Stratigraphical Correlation of Volcanic Rocks in Findes Peninsula, King George Island

• Main Authors: Ming, Zhu, Molan, E, Xiaohan, Liu, Xiangshen, Zheng
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Polar Research Institute of China - PRIC 1992
• Subjects: Fildes; Fildes peninsula; Fossil Hill; King George Island; West Antarctica; Advances in Polar Science; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Science
• Online Access: http://library.arcticportal.org/2046/; http://library.arcticportal.org/2046/1/A199201007.pdf

The ages of volcanic rocks from the Fildes Peninsula of King George Island, West Antarctica, have been determined with K - Ar, Ar - Ar, Rb - Sr methods by the authors. The results show that: a. The volcanism on the Fildes Peninsula has been from later Paleocene to early Middle Miocene. b. The format...