3. The Geological Relations of South Georgia
The special interest of the island of South Georgia depends on the evidence it promises as to the geological history of that part of the Southern Ocean which lies south of the South Atlantic. According to the well-known views of Professor Suess, South Georgia is on a continuation of the mountain lin...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0016756800137938 2024-03-03T08:48:54+00:00 3. The Geological Relations of South Georgia Gregory, J. W. 1914 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0016756800137938 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0016756800137938 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Geological Magazine volume 1, issue 2, page 61-64 ISSN 0016-7568 1469-5081 Geology journal-article 1914 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0016756800137938 2024-02-08T08:41:16Z The special interest of the island of South Georgia depends on the evidence it promises as to the geological history of that part of the Southern Ocean which lies south of the South Atlantic. According to the well-known views of Professor Suess, South Georgia is on a continuation of the mountain line of the Andes, which at the southern end of South America bends eastward along the northern margin of Drake's Sea and continues 30° to the east, where it turns southward; it completes a great horseshoe-shaped course by passing through South Georgia and returning westward through the South Orkneys to Grahamland. Article in Journal/Newspaper Southern Ocean Cambridge University Press Southern Ocean Geological Magazine 1 2 61 64 |
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The special interest of the island of South Georgia depends on the evidence it promises as to the geological history of that part of the Southern Ocean which lies south of the South Atlantic. According to the well-known views of Professor Suess, South Georgia is on a continuation of the mountain line of the Andes, which at the southern end of South America bends eastward along the northern margin of Drake's Sea and continues 30° to the east, where it turns southward; it completes a great horseshoe-shaped course by passing through South Georgia and returning westward through the South Orkneys to Grahamland. |
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