Introduction to volcanism in Antarctica: 200 million years of subduction, rifting and continental break-up

• Published in: Geological Society, London, Memoirs
• Main Authors: Smellie, J. L., Panter, K. S., Geyer, Adelina
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Large igneous province; Long-distance transport; South Shetland Islands; Ozone depletion; West Antarctica; Mantle plumes; New-Zealand; Peninsula; Geochronology; Patagonia; Antarctic; Austral; Burgess; Mount Erebus; New Zealand; Smellie; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/254988; https://doi.org/10.1144/M55-2020-14

Antarctica has undergone several important phases of volcanism throughout its long history. It was formerly at the heart of Gondwana but, from early Jurassic time (c. 200 Ma), it commenced the prolonged process of disintegration, which resulted in the dispersal and final disposition of the southern...