Deep crustal structure of the area of intersection between the Shackleton Fracture Zone and the West Scotia Ridge (Drake Passage, Antarctica)

• Published in: Tectonophysics
• Main Authors: Galindo Zaldívar, Jesús, Jabaloy, Antonio, Maldonado, Andrés, Martínez-Martínez, José Miguel, Sanz de Galdeano, Carlos, Somoza, Luis, Suriñach, Emma
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2000
• Subjects: Antarctica; Deep crustal structure; Shackleton fracture zone; West scotia ridge; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Drake Passage; Shackleton; Shackleton Fracture Zone; The Antarctic; West Scotia Ridge; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/31490; https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-1951(00)00051-2

17 páginas, 7 figuras. The Shackleton Fracture Zone, which forms the boundary between the Antarctic and Scotia plates in the Drake Passage, is characterized by a present-day left-lateral motion. The West Scotia Ridge, an extinct spreading centre, formed the oceanic crust of the western Scotia Plate...