The crustal structure and tectonic development of the continental margin of the Amundsen Sea Embayment, West Antarctica: implications from geophysical data

• Published in: Geophysical Journal International
• Main Authors: Kalberg, Thomas, Gohl, Karsten
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2014
• Subjects: Geodynamics and tectonics; Amundsen Sea; Antarctic; Byrd; Marie Byrd Land; Marie Byrd Seamount; New Zealand; Pacific; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://gji.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/198/1/327; https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggu118

The Amundsen Sea Embayment of West Antarctica represents a key component in the tectonic history of Antarctic–New Zealand continental breakup. The region played a major role in the plate-kinematic development of the southern Pacific from the inferred collision of the Hikurangi Plateau with the Gondw...