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. 10.1038/258701a0
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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.
Item Type: | Publication - Article |
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | 10.1038/258701a0 |
ISSN: | 0028-0836 |
NORA Subject Terms: | Earth Sciences |
Date made live: | 13 Nov 2019 08:43 +0 (UTC) |
URI: | https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/525858 |
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