Evidence for pre-Jurassic subduction in western Antarctica

Smellie, J.L.; Clarkson, P.D.. 1975 Evidence for pre-Jurassic subduction in western Antarctica. Nature, 258 (5537). 701-702. https://doi.org/10.1038/258701a0

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Abstract/Summary

The South Shetland Islands (from King George Island to Livingston Island) are situated on a small crustal plate bounded by incipient back-arc spreading along the axis of Bransfield Strait to the east, a well defined oceanic trench to the west (along which subduction has apparently now ceased) and transverse faulting to the north and south1 (Fig. 1), The discovery of glaucophane-schists on Smith Island (Fig. 1, inset) suggests that subduction may have begun as early as the Upper Palaeozoic.

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Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1038/258701a0
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Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1038/258701a0

ISSN:

0028-0836

NORA Subject Terms:

Earth Sciences

Date made live:

13 Nov 2019 08:43 +0 (UTC)

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https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/525858