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Note: Contents 1. Crustal Evolution: East Antarctic Shield Archaean Events in Antarctica / L. P. BLACK, J. W. SHERATON and P. D. KINNY Metamorphic Evolution of the Sør Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica / M. ASAMI, Y. OSANAI, K. SHIRAISHI and H. MAKIMOTO Geochemical Characteristics of Metamorphic Rocks from the Central Sør Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica / Y. OSANAI, K. SHIRAISHI, Y. TAKAHASHI, H. ISHIZUKA, Y. TAINOSHO, N. TSUCHIYA, T. SAKIYAMA and S. KODAMA Sm-Nd and Rb-Sr Ages of Metamorphic Rocks from the Sør Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica / K. SHIRAISHI and H. KAGAMI Reconnaissance Geochronologic Data on Proterozoic Polymetamorphic Rocks of the Eastern Sør Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica / E. S. GREW, W. I. MANTON, M. ASAMI and H. MAKIMOTO Petrochemical Character and Rb-Sr Isotopic Investigation of the Granitic Rocks from the Sør Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica / Y. T AINOSHO, Y. TAKAHASHI, Y. ARAKAWA, Y. OSANAI, N. TSUCHIYA, T. SAKIYAMA and M. OWADA Carbon and Oxygen Isotopic Compositions of Marbles from the Sør Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica / N. TSUCHIYA, Y. OSANAI and H. WADA 40Ar-39Ar Geochronological Studies on some Paleomagnetic Samples of East Antarctica / Y. T AKIGAMI, M. FUN AKI and K. TOKIEDA The First Report of a Cambrian Orogenic Belt in East Antarctica - An Ion Microprobe Study of the Lützow-Holm Complex / K. SHIRAISHI, Y. HIROI, D. J. ELLIS, C. M. FANNING, Y. MOTOYOSHI and Y. NAKAI A New Insight of Possible Correlation between the Lützow-Holm Bay Granulites (East Antarctica) and the Sri Lankan Granulites / Y. OGO, Y. HIROI, K. B. N. PRAME and Y. MOTOYOSHI Osumilite-Producing Reactions in High Temperature Granulites from the Napier Complex, East Antarctica: Tectonic Implications / B. J. HENSEN and Y. MOTOYOSHI Gneisses of the Porthos and Athos Ranges, Northern Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica: Constraints on the Prograde and Retrograde P-T Path / D. E. THOST and B. J. HENSEN Mineral Reaction Textures in High-Grade Gneisses: Evidence for Contrasting Pressure-Temperature Paths in the Proterozoic Complex of East Antarctica / I. C. W. FITZSIMONS and S. L. HARLEY Mode of Occurrence, Geochemistry and Mineral Textures of Mafic to Ultramafic Rocks from the Bolingen Islands, Prydz Bay, East Antarctica / D. E. THOST, Y. MOTOYOSHI and B. J. HENSEN The Significance of Reworking, Fluids and Partial Melting in Granulite Metamorphism, East Prydz Bay, Antarctica / S. L. HARLEY, I. C. W. FITZSIMONS, I. S. BUICK and G. WATT Stable Isotope Studies of Granulite Facies Metamorphism in the Rauer Group, East Antarctica / I. S. BUICK, S. L. HARLEY and D. MATTEY A Late-Proterozoic Extensional-Compressional Tectonic Cycle in East Antarctica / J. D. HOEK, P. H. G. M. DIRKS and C. W. PASSCHIER Re-Examination of the Metamorphic Evolution of the Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica / L. REN, Y. ZHAO, X. LIU and T. CHEN Geochronology of the Late Granite in the Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica / Y. ZHAO, B. SONG, Y. WANG, L. REN, J. LI and T. CHEN The First Study of Upper Mantle Inclusions from the Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica / A. V. ANDRONIKOV Mafic Igneous Suites in the Lambert Rift Zone / E. V. MIKHALSKY, A. V. ANDRONIKOV and B. V. BELIATSKY Granitic Rocks of the Jetty Peninsula, Amery Ice Shelf Area, East Antarctica / W. I. MANTON, E. S. GREW, J. HOFMANN J. W. SHERATON Paleomagnetic and 40 Ar/39 Ar Dating Studies of the Mawson Charnockite and Some Rocks from the Christensen Coast / M. FUNAKI and K. SAITO 2. Crustal Evolution: Transantarctic Mountains and West Antarctica Multiple Petrotectonic Events in High-Grade Metamorphic Rocks of the Nimrod Group, Central Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica / J. W. GOODGE, V. L. HANSEN and S. M. PEACOCK Metamorphic Facies of the Ross Orogeny in the Southern Wilson Terrane of Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica / F. TALARICO, M. FRANCESCHELLI, B. LOMBARDO, R. PALMERI, P. C. PERTUSATI, N. RASTELLI and C. A. RICCI Metasedimentary Rocks of Western Wilson Terrane (Victoria Land - Oates Land) and Gondwana Connections to Australia / D. N. B. SKINNER Compressional Causes for the Early Paleozoic Ross Orogen - Evidence from Victoria Land and the Shackleton Range / G. KLEINSCHMIDT, W. BUGGISCH and T. FLOETTMANN Pre-Beacon Tectonic Development of the Transantarctic Mountains / E. STUMP Statistical Analysis of Geochemical Patterns in Fine-Grained Permian Mudrocks from the Beardmore Glacier Region, Antarctica / T. C. HORNER and L. A. KRlSSEK Stratigraphy and Sedimentology of Vertebrate Bone-Bearing Beds in the Triassic (and Jurassic?) Fremouw and Falla Formations, Beardmore Glacier Region, Antarctica / L. A. KRISSEK, T. C. HORNER, D. H. ELLIOT and J. W. COLLINSON Early Paleozoic Lamprophyre Dikes of Southern Victoria Land: Geology, Petrology and Geochemistry / B. Wu and J. H. BERG Crustal Xenoliths from Cape McCormick Crater, Northern Victoria Land / J. H. BERG and B. Wu Xenoliths from the Volcanic Province of West Antarctica and Implications for Lithospheric Structure and Processes / R. J. WYSOCZANSKI and J. A. GAMBLE Geological and Geophysical Exploration in the Northern Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica / B. P. LUYENDYK, S. M. RICHARD, C. H. SMITH and D. L. KIMBROUGH Structure and Cooling History of the Fosdick Metamorphic Complex, Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica / S. M. RICHARD Metapelites and Migmatites at the Granulite Facies Transition, Fosdick Metamorphic Complex, Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica / C. H. SMITH 3. Syn- and Post-Breakup of Gondwana Mesozoic and Cenozoic Kinematic Evolution of the Transantarctic Mountains / T. J. WILSON The West Antarctic Rift System - A Propagating Rift "Captured" by a Mantle Plume? / J. C. BEHRENDT, W. LEMASURIER and A. K. COOPER Apatite Fission Track Evidence for Contrasting Thermal and Uplift Histories of Metamorphic Basement Blocks in Western Dronning Maud Land / J. JACOBS, E. HEJL, G. A. WAGNER and K. WEBER Early Cretaceous Uplift of the Southern Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains, West Antarctica / P. G. FITZGERALD and E. STUMP Petrologic Comparison of Paleozoic Rocks from the English Coast, Eastern Ellsworth Land, and the Ellsworth Mountains / T. S. LAUDON and C. CRADDOCK Provenance of Paleocene Strata, Seymour Island / D. H. ELLIOT, S. M. HOFFMAN and D. E. RIESKE Sedimentology of the Miers Bluff Formation, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands / A. ARCHE, J. LOPEZ-MARTINEZ and E. MARTINEZ DE PISON Late Cretaceous and Eocene Palynofloras from Fildes Peninsula, King George Island (South Shetland Islands), Antarctica / L. CAO Early Tertiary Palaeoclimate of King George Island, Antarctica - Evidence from the Fossil Hill Flora / H.M. LI Modes of Formation and Accretion of Oceanic Material in the Mesozoic Fore-Arc of Central and Southern Alexander Island, Antarctica: A Summary / P.A. DOUBLEDAY and T. H. TRANTER The Magmatic Complexes of the Rouen Mountains and Elgar Uplands from Alexander Island, Antarctic Peninsula: Geochemical Constraints / B. K. KAMENOV and C. T. PIMPIREV Transverse Variations in the Gerlache Strait Plutonic Rocks: Effects of the Aluk Ridge-Trench Collision in the Northern Antarctic Peninsula / M.A. PARADA, J.-B. ORSINI and R. ARDILA 4. Recent Tectonics of Antarctic Peninsula and Subantarctic Regions Evolution of the Bransfield Basin and Rift, West Antarctica / K. BIRKENMAJER Uplift Movements in King George Island Associated Bransfield Rift Activity / M. ARANEDA and O. GONZALEZ-FERRAN Geotransect Drake Passage - Weddell Sea, Antarctica / R. A. J. TROUW and L. A. P. GAMBOA Long-Range Sidescan Sonar (GLORIA) Survey of the Antarctic Peninsula Pacific Margin / J. S. TOMLINSON, C. J. PUDSEY, R. A. LIVERMORE, R. D. LARTER and P. F. BARKER Marine Magnetic Anomalies in Bransfield Strait, Antarctica / Y. KIM, T. W. CHUNG and S. H. NAM Geochronology and Geochemistry of the Igneous Rocks from Barton and Fildes Peninsulas, King George Island: A Review / Y.-J. JWA, B.-K. PARK and Y. KIM Geophysical Features of Deception Island / R. ORT

Note: CONTENTS: Preface / G. L. Johnson and K. Kaminuma. - Crustal inhomogeneities and seismicity near the margins of the North Atlantic Ocean / S. Gregersen. - Seismicity and tectonics of the far western Aleutian Islands / J. T. Newberry, D. L. Laclair and K. Fujita. - Present-day plate interactions in northeast Asia: North American, Eurasian, and Okhotsk plates / D. B. Cook, K. Fujita and C. A. McMullen. - Regional variations in the crustal structure of Northern Canada from surface wave dispersion / S. J. Chiou and B. J. Mitchell. - Shear wave constraints on crustal structure of the Pole Abyssal Plane / S. B. Ojo, H. R. Jackson and G. L. Duckworth. - Results from an aeromagnetic investigation of the Nares Strait region / L. C. Kovacs, S. P. Srivastava and H. R. Jackson. - A 30 million year cycle in arctic volcanism? / G. L. Johnson and J. E. Rich. - The Alpha Ridge: gravity, seismic and magnetic evidence for a homogenous, mafic crust / J. R. Weber. - Terrestrial heat flow from project CESAR, Alpha Ridge, Arctic Ocean / A. Taylor, A. Judge and V. Alien. - First samples of acoustic basement recovered from the Alpha Ridge, Arctic Ocean: new constraints for the origin of the ridge / N. A. Van Wagoner, M.-C. Williamson, P. T. Robinson and I. L. Gibson. - Alpha Ridge and Iceland-Products of the same plume? / D. A. Forsyth, P. Morel-a-l'Huissier, I. Asudeh and A. G. Green.