Central volcanoes as sources for the Antarctic Peninsula Volcanic Group

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Leat, Philip T., Scarrow, Jane H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Cambridge University Press 1994
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Palmer Land; Edgell; Mount Edgell; Wright Spires; Zonda Towers; Antarc*; Antarctic Science
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/516553/; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102094000568

From at least the Early Jurassic to the Miocene, eastward subduction of oceanic crust took place beneath the Antarctic Peninsula. Magmatism associated with the subduction generated a N-S linear belt of volcanic rocks known as the Antarctic Peninsula Volcanic Group (APVG), and which erosion has now e...