Early Cretaceous paleomagnetic results from Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica: Implications for the Weddellia collage of crustal blocks

• Main Authors: DiVenere, Victor J., Kent, Dennis V., Dalziel, I. W. D.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Columbia University 1995
• Subjects: Geophysics; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Weddell Sea; West Antarctica; Victoria Land; Pacific; New Zealand; Weddell; Byrd; Marie Byrd Land; Thurston; Thurston Island; Whitmore Mountains; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8ng5159; https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/doi/10.7916/D8NG5159

A new ~117 Ma paleomagnetic pole has been defined from the study of volcanic and plutonic rocks from the eastern portion Marie Byrd Land (MBL). The new pole (185.6°E/56.8°S, A_95 = 8.7°) implies that the eastern portion of MBL was an integral part of Weddellia, which included the ancestral Antarctic...