Role of strike-slip faulting in the tectonic evolution of the Antarctic Peninsula

Storey, B.C.; Nell, P.A.R.. 1988 Role of strike-slip faulting in the tectonic evolution of the Antarctic Peninsula. Journal of the Geological Society, 145 (2). 333-337. 10.1144/gsjgs.145.2.0333

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Abstract/Summary

The Antarctic Peninsula Mesozoic magmatic arc has had a long history of dextral, strike-slip deformation. The deformation was initially associated with the development of a wide accretionary complex, by the migration of fore-arc slivers, and the formation and inversion of a thick fore-arc basin succession. It also formed an important component within major shear zones in the arc, and may have controlled the formation of sedimentary basins in the back-arc region. Although some transcurrent motion within the fore-arc region was related to a component of oblique subduction, the main movement occurred during the breakup of Gondwanaland and the formation of a major transtensional rift system. A new reconstruction for this part of Gondwanaland is presented taking this transcurrent motion into consideration.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1144/gsjgs.145.2.0333
ISSN:	0016-7649
Additional Keywords:	deformation, Antarctic Peninsula, continental drift, structural geology, tectonics, faults
Date made live:	06 Dec 2018 09:28 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/521819

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.1144/gsjgs.145.2.0333

ISSN:

0016-7649

Additional Keywords:

deformation, Antarctic Peninsula, continental drift, structural geology, tectonics, faults

Date made live:

06 Dec 2018 09:28 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/521819