Crustal structure and rift flank uplift of the Adare Trough, Antarctica

• Published in: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
• Main Authors: Müller, R. Dietmar, Cande, Steven C., Stock, Joann M., Keller, William R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2005
• Subjects: Caltech Library Services; Adare; Adare Trough; Antarctic; Balleny Islands; Cape Adare; Iselin Bank; Pacific; Victoria Land; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://authors.library.caltech.edu/1107/; https://authors.library.caltech.edu/1107/1/MULggg05.pdf; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:MULggg05

The Adare Trough, located 100 km northeast of Cape Adare, Antarctica, represents the extinct third arm of a Tertiary spreading ridge between East and West Antarctica. It is characterized by pronounced asymmetric rift flanks elevated up to over 2 km above the trough's basement, accompanied by a...