Provenance of Triassic - Cretaceous sandstones in the Antarctic Peninsula: implications for terrane models during Gondwana breakup

• Published in: Journal of Sedimentary Research
• Main Author: Willan, Robert C.R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Society for Sedimentary Geology 2003
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Byrd; East Antarctica; Hope Bay; Latady; Legoupil; Marie Byrd Land; New Zealand; Pacific; Patagonia; The Antarctic; Trinity Peninsula; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/13014/; http://jsedres.sepmonline.org/content/73/6/1062.abstract

The Antarctic Peninsula is the largest of ~ twelve micro-continental fragments between southern South America, East Antarctica, and New Zealand. Their original positions and movement history following Gondwana breakup are poorly constrained. Recent work on the Antarctic Peninsula fore-arc/arc/back-a...