Seismic structure of the lithosphere across the zone of subducted Drake plate under the Antarctic plate, West Antarctica

• Published in: Geophysical Journal International
• Main Authors: Grad, M., Guterch, A., Janik, T.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 1993
• Subjects: Articles; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; West Antarctica; Drake Passage; South Shetland Islands; Bransfield Strait; Pacific; South Shetland Trench; Bridgeman; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://gji.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/115/2/586; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.1993.tb01209.x

During the third Polish Antarctic Geodynamical Expedition in 1987–88, deep seismic sounding measurements were performed in the transition zone between the Drake plate and the Antarctic plate in West Antarctica. 30 shots were fired in the sea along profile DSS-17 of 310 km length. The interpretation...