MESOZOIC MAGMATISM IN THE FALKLAND ISLANDS (SOUTH ATLANTIC) AND THEIR OFFSHORE SEDIMENTARY BASINS

• Published in: Journal of Petroleum Geology
• Main Authors: Richards, P. C., Stone, P., Kimbell, G. S., Mcintosh, W. C., Phillips, E. R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2012
• Subjects: Falkland Plateau; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpg.12542; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fjpg.12542; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jpg.12542

Recent mineral and hydrocarbons exploration in and around the Falkland Islands has provided data that allows correlation of the onshore and offshore histories of magmatism. New Ar‐Ar age dating of onshore dykes in East Falkland has extended their Cretaceous age range back to ca. 135 Ma (Valanginian...