INDIA-ANTARCTIC BREAKUP: CONSTRAINTS FROM NEW GEOPHYSICAL DATA
The India-Antarctica separation is still an open problem due to the absence of critical geophysical data. So far no wide-angle data existed along the conjugate margins of East India and the Enderby Land off East Antarctica to define the position and composition of the continent-ocean boundary - a pr...
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ftawi:oai:epic.awi.de:46830 2023-05-15T13:45:21+02:00 INDIA-ANTARCTIC BREAKUP: CONSTRAINTS FROM NEW GEOPHYSICAL DATA Jokat, Wilfried Altenbernd, Tabea Geissler, Wolfram Eagles, Graeme 2018-03-29 https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/46830/ https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.85f890ac-f3d8-4e6a-82b9-9845e2f6ef9e unknown Berichte zur Polarforschung, 716 Jokat, W. orcid:0000-0002-7793-5854 , Altenbernd, T. orcid:0000-0002-2295-9250 , Geissler, W. orcid:0000-0001-6807-555X and Eagles, G. (2018) INDIA-ANTARCTIC BREAKUP: CONSTRAINTS FROM NEW GEOPHYSICAL DATA , 27th International Polar Conference, Rostock, 25 March 2018 - 29 March 2018 . hdl:10013/epic.85f890ac-f3d8-4e6a-82b9-9845e2f6ef9e EPIC327th International Polar Conference, Rostock, 2018-03-25-2018-03-29Bremerhaven, Berichte zur Polarforschung, 716 Conference notRev 2018 ftawi 2021-12-24T15:43:44Z The India-Antarctica separation is still an open problem due to the absence of critical geophysical data. So far no wide-angle data existed along the conjugate margins of East India and the Enderby Land off East Antarctica to define the position and composition of the continent-ocean boundary - a pre-requisite for any sound reconstruction. Furthermore, along both margins only old marine magnetic random track data are available for identifying seafloor spreading anomalies to describe the drift of both continents in the Cretaceous. The Kerguelen Plateau, located just north of the East Antarctica coast, however, has been drilled several times providing the only reliable age constraint on the formation of this huge magmatic plateau. In general, the poor information resulted a wide variety of kinematic models for the drift of the India. In the last years several newly acquired geophysical data provide new constraints on its drift. Two deep seismic sounding lines off Prydz Bay and across the Princess Elisabeth Trough show that oceanic crust is already present much closer to the present-day shelf break than previously known. Magnetic data acquired parallel to these lines provide excellent timing constraints for the initial breakup of India. Finally, marine magnetic data gathered in 2017 south of Sri Lanka indicate that here the oceanic crust is definitely younger than magnetic chron M0, questioning several kinematic models for the Indian Ocean. The latest results will be presented. Conference Object Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Berichte zur Polarforschung East Antarctica Enderby Land Polarforschung Prydz Bay Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar- and Marine Research (AWI): ePIC (electronic Publication Information Center) Antarctic East Antarctica Indian Kerguelen Prydz Bay |
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The India-Antarctica separation is still an open problem due to the absence of critical geophysical data. So far no wide-angle data existed along the conjugate margins of East India and the Enderby Land off East Antarctica to define the position and composition of the continent-ocean boundary - a pre-requisite for any sound reconstruction. Furthermore, along both margins only old marine magnetic random track data are available for identifying seafloor spreading anomalies to describe the drift of both continents in the Cretaceous. The Kerguelen Plateau, located just north of the East Antarctica coast, however, has been drilled several times providing the only reliable age constraint on the formation of this huge magmatic plateau. In general, the poor information resulted a wide variety of kinematic models for the drift of the India. In the last years several newly acquired geophysical data provide new constraints on its drift. Two deep seismic sounding lines off Prydz Bay and across the Princess Elisabeth Trough show that oceanic crust is already present much closer to the present-day shelf break than previously known. Magnetic data acquired parallel to these lines provide excellent timing constraints for the initial breakup of India. Finally, marine magnetic data gathered in 2017 south of Sri Lanka indicate that here the oceanic crust is definitely younger than magnetic chron M0, questioning several kinematic models for the Indian Ocean. The latest results will be presented. |
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Jokat, Wilfried Altenbernd, Tabea Geissler, Wolfram Eagles, Graeme INDIA-ANTARCTIC BREAKUP: CONSTRAINTS FROM NEW GEOPHYSICAL DATA |
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Jokat, Wilfried Altenbernd, Tabea Geissler, Wolfram Eagles, Graeme |
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INDIA-ANTARCTIC BREAKUP: CONSTRAINTS FROM NEW GEOPHYSICAL DATA |
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INDIA-ANTARCTIC BREAKUP: CONSTRAINTS FROM NEW GEOPHYSICAL DATA |
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INDIA-ANTARCTIC BREAKUP: CONSTRAINTS FROM NEW GEOPHYSICAL DATA |
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INDIA-ANTARCTIC BREAKUP: CONSTRAINTS FROM NEW GEOPHYSICAL DATA |
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INDIA-ANTARCTIC BREAKUP: CONSTRAINTS FROM NEW GEOPHYSICAL DATA |
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india-antarctic breakup: constraints from new geophysical data |
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Berichte zur Polarforschung, 716 |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Berichte zur Polarforschung East Antarctica Enderby Land Polarforschung Prydz Bay |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Berichte zur Polarforschung East Antarctica Enderby Land Polarforschung Prydz Bay |
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Jokat, W. orcid:0000-0002-7793-5854 , Altenbernd, T. orcid:0000-0002-2295-9250 , Geissler, W. orcid:0000-0001-6807-555X and Eagles, G. (2018) INDIA-ANTARCTIC BREAKUP: CONSTRAINTS FROM NEW GEOPHYSICAL DATA , 27th International Polar Conference, Rostock, 25 March 2018 - 29 March 2018 . hdl:10013/epic.85f890ac-f3d8-4e6a-82b9-9845e2f6ef9e |
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