Allochthonous oceanic basalts within the Mesozoic accretionary complex of Alexander Island, Antarctica: remnants of proto-Pacific oceanic crust

• Published in: Journal of the Geological Society
• Main Authors: Doubleday, P. A., Leat, P. T., Alabaster, T., Nell, P. A. R., Tranter, T. H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Geological Society of London 1994
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Pacific; Alexander Island; Lully Foothills; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ocean Island
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/516023/; https://doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.151.1.0065

The Mesozoic LeMay Group accretionary complex of Alexander Island, Antarctica, contains thrust-bound slices of accreted ocean floor, ocean islands and seamounts. They represent fragments of proto-Pacific oceanic crust, of which only a tiny remnant (the Phoenix plate) remains off northern Antarctic P...