A fission track thermochronological study of King George and Livingston islands, South Shetland Islands (West Antarctica)

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: SELL, I., POUPEAU, G., GONZÁLEZ-CASADO, J.M., LÓPEZ-MARTÍNEZ, J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2004
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; King George Island; West Antarctica; South Shetland Islands; Livingston Island; Miers; Barton; Hurd; Hurd peninsula; Barton Peninsula; Miers Bluff; Barnard Point; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102004001907; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102004001907

This paper reports the dating of apatite fission tracks in eleven rock samples from the South Shetland Archipelago, an island arc located to the north-west of the Antarctic Peninsula. Apatites from Livingston Island were dated as belonging to the Oligocene (25.8 Ma: metasediments, Miers Bluff Format...