Mesozoic evolution of West Antarctica and the Weddell Sea Basin: new paleomagnetic constraints

• Main Authors: Grunow, Anne M., Kent, Dennis V., Dalziel, Ian W. D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1987
• Subjects: Geophysics; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Weddell Sea; East Antarctica; West Antarctica; Weddell; Thurston; Thurston Island; Whitmore Mountains; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7916/D8TX3QVT

Paleomagnetic data from the Antarctic Peninsula and our recent results from the Ellsworth-Whitmore Mountains block suggest that since the Middle Jurassic these two West Antarctic blocks have undergone little relative movement and together have rotated relative to the East Antarctic craton. New data...