The eastern Palmer Land shear zone: a new terrane accretion model for the Mesozoic development of the Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Journal of the Geological Society
• Main Authors: Vaughan, Alan P.M, Storey, Bryan C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: The Geological Society 2000
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Patagonia; Pacific; New Zealand; Byrd; Marie Byrd Land; Pampa; Palmer Land; Ellsworth Land; Latady; Chonos; Antarc*; Tierra del Fuego
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/502585/; https://doi.org/10.1144/jgs.157.6.1243

A major ductile fault zone, the eastern Palmer Land shear zone, has been identified east of the spine of the southern Antarctic Peninsula. This shear zone separates newly identified geological domains, and indicates that during Late Jurassic terrane accretion and collision, two and possibly three se...