Plate convergence west of Patagonia and the Antarctic Peninsula since 61 Ma

• Published in: Global and Planetary Change
• Main Authors: Eagles, Graeme, Scott, Benjamin G.C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV 2014
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Drake Passage
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/44621/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/44621/1/Eagles_Scott_2014.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2014.08.002; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.50957; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.50957.d001

A new plate kinematic model portrays plate motions immediately west and south of Drake Passage in the southeast Pacific Ocean. Overall intermediate-to-slow rate spreading generated oceanic lithosphere as the Phoenix plate diverged from the Antarctic plate. The model shows a history of Phoenix plate...