Tectonic implications for uplift of the Transantarctic Mountains

Summary The Transantarctic Mountains are a non-compressional mountain belt located on the tectonic boundary between cratonic East Antarctica and non-cratonic West Antarctica. Formation of this mountain belt and a possible relation with the West Antarctic Rift system are still debated. Here we sugges...

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Main Authors: J. F. Lawrence, J. W. Van Wijk, N. W. Driscoll
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.605.7668