New Paleomagnetic Data From Thurston Island: Implications for the Tectonics of West Antarctica and Weddell Sea Opening

• Main Authors: Grunow, A. M., Kent, Dennis V., Dalziel, I. W. D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1991
• Subjects: Geophysics; Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Antarctica; East Antarctica; South Atlantic Ocean; Southern Ocean; Thurston Island; Weddell Sea; West Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7916/D8ZP4GM0

Paleomagnetic data from three West Antarctic crustal blocks (Antarctic Peninsula (AP), Thurston Island-Eights Coast (TI), and the Ellsworth-Whitmore Mountains (EWM) indicate that there has been motion between the individual blocks and motion relative to East Antarctica during the Mesozoic. A Triassi...