Thinning of the Antarctic Peninsula lithosphere through the Mesozoic: evidence from Middle Jurassic basaltic lavas
Rare basaltic volcanic rocks from the northern Antarctic Peninsula (Jason Peninsula) are established as marginally predating a silicic large igneous province, which developed along the proto-Pacific margin of Gondwana. Ar-40-Ar-39 geochronology reported here has dated the basalts in the interval, 17...
Published in: | Lithos |
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Main Authors: | , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | unknown |
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2003
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Online Access: | https://oro.open.ac.uk/2114/ |