Weddell Sea tectonics and Gondwana break-up: an introduction

• Published in: Geological Society, London, Special Publications
• Main Authors: King, E. C., Livermore, R. A., Storey, B. C.
• Other Authors: Storey, B.C., King, E.C., Livermore, R.A.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: unknown
• Published: Geological Society of London 1996
• Subjects: Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Weddell Sea; East Antarctica; Dronning Maud Land; Scotia Sea; Sandwich Islands; South Sandwich Islands; Weddell; Berkner Island; Coats Land; South Scotia Ridge; Hattersley-Smith; Southern Thule; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelves; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/515169/; https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1996.108.01.01

The Weddell Sea, part of the circumpolar Southern Ocean, is probably the most remote, least known and least accessible sea in the world. Difficult ice conditions have limited the acquisition of ship data, although this has been partly offset in recent years by access to satellite radar altimetry dat...