Modeled deep structure of the South Orkney Microcontinent (SOM): sedimentary cover thickness, geometry of the intruded batholith causing the Pacific Margin Anomaly (PMA) and depth of the Moho

• Main Authors: Morales-Ocaña, Cecilia, Bohoyo, Fernando, Escutia, Carlota, Marín-Lechado, Carlos, Rey-Moral, Carmen, Druet, María, Galindo Zaldívar, Jesús, Maestro, Adolfo
• Other Authors: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), European Commission
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: DIGITAL.CSIC 2023
• Subjects: 3D modeling; South Orkney Microcontinent; Tectonics; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Pacific; Powell Basin; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/304015

The opening of the Scotia Arc resulted in the final breakup of the land bridge between South America and the Antarctic Peninsula. The South Orkney Microcontinent (SOM) constituted part of this former connection and it is now the largest continental block in the Southern Scotia Arc. We present the fi...