Role of strike-slip faulting in the tectonic evolution of the Antarctic Peninsula
The Antarctic Peninsula Mesozoic magmatic arc has had a long history of dextral, strike-slip deformation. The deformation was initially associated with the development of a wide accretionary complex, by the migration of fore-arc slivers, and the formation and inversion of a thick fore-arc basin succ...
| Published in: | Journal of the Geological Society |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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Geological Society of London
1988
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| Online Access: | http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/521819/ https://doi.org/10.1144/gsjgs.145.2.0333 |
| Summary: | The Antarctic Peninsula Mesozoic magmatic arc has had a long history of dextral, strike-slip deformation. The deformation was initially associated with the development of a wide accretionary complex, by the migration of fore-arc slivers, and the formation and inversion of a thick fore-arc basin succession. It also formed an important component within major shear zones in the arc, and may have controlled the formation of sedimentary basins in the back-arc region. Although some transcurrent motion within the fore-arc region was related to a component of oblique subduction, the main movement occurred during the breakup of Gondwanaland and the formation of a major transtensional rift system. A new reconstruction for this part of Gondwanaland is presented taking this transcurrent motion into consideration. |
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