A Discussion on volcanism and the structure of the Earth - The evolution of the Scotia Ridge and Scotia Sea

• Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Mathematical and Physical Sciences
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society 1972
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Antarctica; Bransfield Strait; Scotia Sea; South Sandwich Islands; West Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsta.1972.0005; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsta.1972.0005

Marine geophysical surveys over the Scotia Ridge show it to be composed of blocks mainly of continental origin. Major structures found on the blocks are in many cases truncated at block margins and their existence is also inconsistent with the present isolated situation of the blocks. The evidence s...