Tectonic history of Antarctic seafloor in the Australia-New Zealand-South Pacific sector: implications for Antarctic continental tectonics

• Main Authors: Stock, J. M., Cande, S. C.
• Other Authors: Gamble, John A., Skinner, David N. B., Henrys, Stuart A.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: unknown
• Published: Royal Society of New Zealand; Wellington 2002
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; East Antarctica; Ross Sea; West Antarctica; Victoria Land; Pacific; Indian; New Zealand; Byrd; Cape Roberts; Marie Byrd Land; Southeast Indian Ridge; Campbell Plateau; Adare; South Tasman Rise; Iselin Bank; Adare Trough; Iselin Trough; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://authors.library.caltech.edu/45141/; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140423-104037295

We review the seafloor spreading record of plate motions adjacent to the Antarctic continent during and after Cretaceous separation of the New Zealand and Australia continental fragments from Antarctica. The earliest seafloor in this region (c. 95-83 Ma) records separation of Australia from Antarcti...