Extent of the Ross Orogen in Antarctica: new data from DSDP 270 and Iselin Bank

The Ross Sea is bordered by the Late Precambrian–Cambrian Ross–Delamerian Orogen of East Antarctica and the more Pacific-ward Ordovician–Silurian Lachlan–Tuhua–Robertson Bay–Swanson Orogen. A calcsilicate gneiss from Deep Sea Drilling Project 270 drill hole in the central Ross Sea, Antarctica, gives...

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Published in:Antarctic Science
Main Authors: Mortimer, N., Palin, M., Dunlap, J., Hauff, Folkmar
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2011
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Online Access:https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/10148/
https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/10148/1/Mortimer_2011_Antarctic_Science_Online.pdf
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102010000969