The Skytrain plate and tectonic evolution of southwest Gondwana since Jurassic times

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Eagles, Graeme, Eisermann, Hannes
• Other Authors: Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Projekt DEAL
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2020
• Subjects: Multidisciplinary; Drake Passage; Ellsworth Mountains; Falkland Plateau; Pacific; Scotia Sea; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-77070-6; http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-77070-6.pdf; http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-77070-6

Abstract Uncertainty about the structure of the Falkland Plateau Basin has long hindered understanding of tectonic evolution in southwest Gondwana. New aeromagnetic data from the basin reveal Jurassic-onset seafloor spreading by motion of a single newly-recognized plate, Skytrain, which also governe...