Deep crustal structure of the area of intersection between the Shackleton Fracture Zone and the West Scotia Ridge (Drake Passage, Antarctica)

• Main Authors: Jesús Galindo-zaldívar A, Antonio Jabaloy A, Andrés Maldonado B, José Miguel Martínez-martínez A, Carlos Sanz De Galdeano B, Luis Somoza C, Emma Surinach D
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2000
• Subjects: Antarctic; Drake Passage; Shackleton; Shackleton Fracture Zone; The Antarctic; West Scotia Ridge; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.379.6982; http://hera.ugr.es/doi/1500305x.pdf

The Shackleton Fracture Zone, which forms the boundary between the Antarctic and Scotia plates in the Drake Passage, is characterized by a present-day left-lateral motion. The West Scotia Ridge, an extinct spreading centre, formed the oceanic crust of the western Scotia Plate and intersects the Shac...