Reconstructions before rifting and drifting reveal the geological connections between Antarctica and its conjugates in Gondwanaland

The initial (200-175 Ma) breakup of Pangea was marked by the emplacement of the Large Igneous Provinces (LIPS) of Karoo-Ferrar-SE Australia (KFS) in the back-arc of Panthalassan subduction and by the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP) between Africa and the Americas. Seafloor spreading 190-18...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Earth-Science Reviews
Main Author: Veevers, J. J.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Antarctica
Conjugates
Gondwanaland
Reconstruction
Pre-drift
Pre-rift
DRONNING-MAUD-LAND
EASTERN GHATS BELT
MARIE-BYRD-LAND
U-PB ZIRCON
LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE
NORTHERN VICTORIA LAND
PRINCE-CHARLES MOUNTAINS
HIGH-GRADE METAMORPHISM
CAPE-FOLD BELT
ULTRAHIGH-TEMPERATURE METAMORPHISM
Antarctic
Byrd
Dronning Maud Land
Grunehogna
Marie Byrd Land
Prince Charles Mountains
Ritscherflya
Robert Glacier
Victoria Land
Antarc*
Online Access:https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/publications/d388d711-2f4a-49fe-b5ad-8c5cc814f559
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2011.11.009

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