European geological initiative for the Shackleton Range

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Tessensohn, F., Thomson, M.R.A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Cambridge University Press 1990
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Dronning Maud Land; West Antarctica; Shackleton; Transantarctic Mountains; Pacific; Shackleton Range; Neuschwabenland; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/520907/; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102090000359

The Shackleton Range occupies a key geological position in Antarctica (Fig. 1). Its location, at the edge of the continental craton between the mobile belts of the Transantarctic Mountains (TAM) and the stable platform of Dronning Maud Land (Neuschwabenland), and its geological constitution offer po...