Early Cretaceous paleomagnetic results from Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica: Implications for the Weddellia collage of crustal blocks

• Main Authors: DiVenere, Victor J., Kent, Dennis V., Dalziel, I. W. D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1995
• Subjects: Geophysics; Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Antarctica; Marie Byrd Land; Thurston Island; Victoria Land; Weddell Sea; West Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7916/D8NG5159

A new ~117 Ma paleomagnetic pole has been defined from the study of volcanic and plutonic rocks from the eastern portion Marie Byrd Land (MBL). The new pole (185.6°E/56.8°S, A_95 = 8.7°) implies that the eastern portion of MBL was an integral part of Weddellia, which included the ancestral Antarctic...