Underplating of an accretionary prism: An example from the LeMay group of central Alexander Island, Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Journal of South American Earth Sciences
• Main Author: Tranter, T.H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 1992
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Pacific; Alexander Island; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/519087/; https://doi.org/10.1016/0895-9811(92)90013-O

The LeMay Group of Alexander Island, Antarctic Peninsula, is a Mesozoic accretionary prism that was constructed during subduction of Pacific and proto-Pacific oceanic crust. In central Alexander Island, several distinct lithologic associations can be identified, including two interpreted as underpla...