Extensional collapse of the late Neoproterozoic-early Palaeozoic East African-Antarctic Orogen in central Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica

• Main Authors: Jacobs, Jeffrey Bruce, Klemd, R, Fanning, Christopher, Bauer, Wolfgang, Colombo, Fabrizio
• Other Authors: M. Yoshida, B.F. Windley, S. Dasgupta
• Format: Book Part
• Language: unknown
• Published: Geological Society of London 2015
• Subjects: Keywords: collapse; continental collision; extensional tectonics; Gondwana; orogeny; Pan African orogeny; Proterozoic; supercontinent; tectonic evolution; Antarctica; Nubian; Antarctic; Dronning Maud Land; East Antarctica; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/86037

The East African-Antarctica Orogen resulted from the continent-continent collision of East and West Gondwana, or parts thereof, during the Pan-African event at c. 650-510 Ma. The collision overprinted large areas of older, mainly Mesoproterozoic, crust up to granulite facies grade in East Antarctica...