Late Cretaceous to early Tertiary subduction history of the Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Journal of the Geological Society
• Main Authors: McCarron, Joe J., Larter, Robert D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Geological Society of London 1998
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Pacific; Alexander Island; Smith Island; George VI Sound; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/504178/; https://doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.155.2.0255

Quantitative estimates of the rates and azimuths of Phoenix plate convergence with the Antarctic Peninsula have been derived from plate rotation calculations for two periods in the Late Cretaceous and early Tertiary (83.0–67.7 and 61.1–53.4 Ma). Published marine magnetic anomaly identifications and...