A revised geochronology of Thurston Island, West Antarctica, and correlations along the proto-Pacific margin of Gondwana

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Riley, T.R., Flowerdew, M.J., Pankhurst, R.J., Leat, P.T., Millar, I.L., Fanning, C.M., Whitehouse, M.J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2016
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Patagonia; West Antarctica; Pacific; New Zealand; Byrd; Marie Byrd Land; Thurston; Thurston Island; Morgan Inlet; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102016000341; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102016000341

Abstract The continental margin of Gondwana preserves a record of long-lived magmatism from the Andean Cordillera to Australia. The crustal blocks of West Antarctica form part of this margin, with Palaeozoic–Mesozoic magmatism particularly well preserved in the Antarctic Peninsula and Marie Byrd Lan...