Cenozoic tectonic history of the South Georgia microcontinent and potential as a barrier to Pacific-Atlantic through flow

Geology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 299-302

  Carter, Andrew ^a   Curtis, Mike ^b,d   Schwanethal, James ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d CASP   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD; OCEAN CURRENTS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENTS; BACK-ARC BASIN; CENOZOIC HISTORY; CENOZOIC TECTONICS; CRUSTAL BLOCK; DETRITAL ZIRCON; RAPID COOLING EVENT; THERMOCHRONOMETRY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

BACKARC BASIN; CENOZOIC; CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRETACEOUS; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; TURBIDITE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ANTARCTICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; SCOTIA RIDGE; SCOTIA SEA; SOUTH GEORGIA;

EID: 84896078157     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G35091.1     Document Type: Article

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