| [news] Middle Jurassic rhyolite volcanism of eastern Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula: age correlations and stratigraphic relationships Recent geology fieldwork (2008/9, 2009/10) and researching a 50 year archive of geological field data going back to geology surveys from 1962 has led to an updated geological map of the East Coast of Graham Land.Accompanying the new map are several publications that detail the revised stratigraphy and chronology of the geology of Graham Land. This paper presents new ages on the volcanic rocks fr... antarctica.ac.uk |
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