Mantle upwelling after Gondwana subduction death explains anomalous topography and subsidence histories of eastern New Zealand and West Antarctica

• Published in: Geology
• Main Authors: Sutherland, Rupert, Spasojevic, Sonja, Gurnis, Michael
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Geological Society of America 2010
• Subjects: Campbell Plateau; New Zealand; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://authors.library.caltech.edu/17575/; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20100224-111903665

West Antarctica and adjacent seafloor have topographic elevations 0.5–1.2 km greater than expected from models of lithospheric age and crustal structure. Ocean crust near New Zealand has no equivalent depth anomaly, but tectonic subsidence histories from Campbell Plateau petroleum wells show anomalo...