Role of subduction-plate boundary forces during the initial stages of Gondwana break-up: evidence from the proto-Pacific margin of Antarctica

• Published in: Geological Society, London, Special Publications
• Main Authors: Storey, B.C., Alabaster, T., Hole, M.J., Pankhurst, R.J., Wever, H.E.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: unknown
• Published: Geological Society of London 1992
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Pacific; Rocas; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/519062/; https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.1992.068.01.10

In the West Antarctic sector of Gondwana, early stages of break-up are associated with the large Antarctic-Karoo-Tasman basalt province. Formation of this within-plate province was synchronous with active margin tectonics and development of both a proto-Pacific margin magmatic suite along the Antarc...