Age and composition of Antarctic bedrock reflected by detrital zircons, erratics, and recycled microfossils in the Prydz Bay-Wilkes Land-Ross Sea-Marie Byrd Land sector (70 degrees-240 degrees E)

• Published in: Gondwana Research
• Main Authors: Veevers, J. J., Saeed, Ayesha
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Detrital zircons; U-Pb ages; Hf-isotopes; Erratics; Recycled microfossils; Ice-covered Antarctica; NORTHERN VICTORIA LAND; PRINCE-CHARLES-MOUNTAINS; GAMBURTSEV SUBGLACIAL MOUNTAINS; U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY; CENTRAL TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS; TERRE ADELIE CRATON; HOST-ROCK AFFINITY; T-DM AGES; EAST ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Ross Sea; West Antarctica; Victoria Land; Prydz Bay; Transantarctic Mountains; Byrd; Wilkes Land; Marie Byrd Land; Prince Charles Mountains; George V Land; Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains; Vostok Subglacial Highlands; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/publications/de2d8bd5-9214-4b03-8131-bbfa7bf651cf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2011.03.007

The age and composition of the 14x 10(6) km(2) of Antarctica's surface obscured by ice is unknown except for some dates on detrital minerals. In remedy, we bring together proxies of Antarctic bedrock in the form of (1) detrital zircons analysed for U-Pb age, T-DM(C), epsilon Hf, and rock type,...