Compressional and extensional tectonics in low-medium pressure granulites from the Larsemann Hills, east Antarctica

• Published in: Geological Magazine
• Main Authors: Carson, C., Dirks, P., Hand, M., Sims, J., Wilson, C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 1995
• Subjects: East Antarctica; Larsemann Hills; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/13710; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016756800011729

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Meta-sediments in the Larsemann Hills that preserve a coherent stratigraphy, form a cover sequence deposited upon basement of mafic–felsic granulite. Their outcrop pattern defines a 10 kilometre wide east–west trending synclinal trough struc...