Jurassic high heat production granites associated with the Weddell Sea rift system, Antarctica.

• Published in: Tectonophysics
• Main Authors: Leat, Philip T., Jordan, Tom A., Flowerdew, Michael J., Riley, Teal R., Ferraccioli, Fausto, Whitehouse, Martin J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2018
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Weddell Sea; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Weddell; Nash; Whitmore Mountains; Pirrit Hills; Nash Hills; Pagano Nunatak; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/516865/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/516865/1/Jurassic%20high%20heat%20production%20granites%20associated%20with%20the%20Weddell%20Sea%20rift%20system%20AAM.pdf; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004019511730464X

The distribution of heat flow in Antarctic continental crust is critical to understanding continental tectonics, ice sheet growth and subglacial hydrology. We identify a group of High Heat Production granites, intruded into upper crustal Palaeozoic metasedimentary sequences, which may contribute to...