Basement geology and Palaeozoic–Mesozoic mafic dykes from the Cape Meredith Complex, Falkland Islands: a record of repeated intracontinental extension

• Published in: Geological Magazine
• Main Authors: THISTLEWOOD, L., LEAT, P. T., MILLAR, I. L., STOREY, B. C., VAUGHAN, A. P. M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1997
• Subjects: Geology; Meredith; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0016756897007085; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0016756897007085

Mafic dykes (Groups A–D) intruded into Mesoproterozoic basement amphibolites, gneisses, and granitoids of the Cape Meredith Complex on the southern tip of West Falkland, provide an important record of at least three periods of lithospheric extension during Palaeozoic and Jurassic times. Group A dyke...