The Ellsworth Mountains: Critical and Enduringly Enigmatic. In Antarctica: A Keystone in a Changing World
Abstract The Ellsworth Mountains, first mapped under the leadership of Campbell Craddock, pose critical geological enigmas, solved and unsolved. The isolation of the mountains, their abrupt structural terminations and Paleozoic stratigraphic affinities are explained by rotation from the cratonic mar...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.550.9897 2023-05-15T13:53:26+02:00 The Ellsworth Mountains: Critical and Enduringly Enigmatic. In Antarctica: A Keystone in a Changing World I. W. D. Dalziel The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.550.9897 http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1047/srp/srp004/of2007-1047srp004.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.550.9897 http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1047/srp/srp004/of2007-1047srp004.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1047/srp/srp004/of2007-1047srp004.pdf text ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T11:33:36Z Abstract The Ellsworth Mountains, first mapped under the leadership of Campbell Craddock, pose critical geological enigmas, solved and unsolved. The isolation of the mountains, their abrupt structural terminations and Paleozoic stratigraphic affinities are explained by rotation from the cratonic margin during Gondwanaland breakup. The mechanism remains obscure. The absence of intense folding associated with the Cambro-Ordovician Ross orogeny can be ascribed to local extension along a subducting margin. Yet tantalizing questions regarding possible Precambrian connections to Laurentia remain, and the cause of the post-Permian Gondwanide folding is controversial. The elevation (~5000m) is high for an early Mesozoic fold belt. Thermal uplift could have been initiated during Jurassic-Cretaceous block rotation and Weddell Sea opening and continued into the Cenozoic. The history of glaciation provides input for models of ice loading and unloading. Measurements of present-day uplift test these models and help assess change in the mass of the ice sheet and hence in global sea level. Text Antarc* Antarctica Ice Sheet Weddell Sea Unknown Craddock ENVELOPE(-85.200,-85.200,-78.633,-78.633) Ellsworth Mountains ENVELOPE(-85.000,-85.000,-78.750,-78.750) Weddell Weddell Sea |
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Abstract The Ellsworth Mountains, first mapped under the leadership of Campbell Craddock, pose critical geological enigmas, solved and unsolved. The isolation of the mountains, their abrupt structural terminations and Paleozoic stratigraphic affinities are explained by rotation from the cratonic margin during Gondwanaland breakup. The mechanism remains obscure. The absence of intense folding associated with the Cambro-Ordovician Ross orogeny can be ascribed to local extension along a subducting margin. Yet tantalizing questions regarding possible Precambrian connections to Laurentia remain, and the cause of the post-Permian Gondwanide folding is controversial. The elevation (~5000m) is high for an early Mesozoic fold belt. Thermal uplift could have been initiated during Jurassic-Cretaceous block rotation and Weddell Sea opening and continued into the Cenozoic. The history of glaciation provides input for models of ice loading and unloading. Measurements of present-day uplift test these models and help assess change in the mass of the ice sheet and hence in global sea level. |
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The Ellsworth Mountains: Critical and Enduringly Enigmatic. In Antarctica: A Keystone in a Changing World |
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The Ellsworth Mountains: Critical and Enduringly Enigmatic. In Antarctica: A Keystone in a Changing World |
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The Ellsworth Mountains: Critical and Enduringly Enigmatic. In Antarctica: A Keystone in a Changing World |
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The Ellsworth Mountains: Critical and Enduringly Enigmatic. In Antarctica: A Keystone in a Changing World |
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The Ellsworth Mountains: Critical and Enduringly Enigmatic. In Antarctica: A Keystone in a Changing World |
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