The geological evolution of southern McMurdo Sound - new evidence from a high-resolution aeromagnetic survey

Wilson, G.; Damaske, D.; Möller, H.-D.; Tinto, K.; Jordan, T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2780-1986. 2007 The geological evolution of southern McMurdo Sound - new evidence from a high-resolution aeromagnetic survey. Geophysical Journal International, 170 (1). 93-100. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03395.x

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Magnetic anomaly data are presented from a new helicopter-borne high-resolution aeromagnetic survey in southern McMurdo Sound. Anomaly data have been acquired at a common 305 m elevation above the McMurdo and southern McMurdo ice shelves and draped over the volcanic islands that pin them. The resulting anomaly patterns provide a significant advance in the understanding of the rift related geology beneath the floating ice shelves. More extensive Erebus Volcanic Province (McMurdo Volcanic Group) rocks are indicated along with a significant blanket of glaci-volcaniclastic sediment on the seafloor between the volcanic islands in southern McMurdo Sound. These glaci-volcaniclastic sediments are inferred to originate from former grounding of the southern McMurdo Ice Shelf as a marine ice sheet. A strong N-S fabric is also observed in the anomaly data suggesting that the rift structure observed in the Victoria Land basin persists to the south beneath the McMurdo and southern McMurdo ice shelves. W-N-W transfer faults identified within the Transantarctic Mountain rift flank to the west are not obvious in the aeromagnetic data set, implying that the 'Discovery Accommodation Zone' may be restricted to the region between a southward extension of the range bounding fault that marks the limit of the Victoria Land Basin and the right lateral offset in the Transantarctic Mountain front in southern Victoria Land.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03395.x
Programmes:	BAS Programmes > Global Science in the Antarctic Context (2005-2009) > Long-Term Monitoring and Survey – Geosciences Division
ISSN:	0956-540X
Additional Keywords:	antarctica, fault tectonics, geomagnetism, palaeogeography, rifts, volcanic activity
NORA Subject Terms:	Earth Sciences
Date made live:	26 Oct 2011 13:46 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/11985

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