The structural evolution of George VI sound, Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Tectonophysics
• Main Authors: Crabtree, R.D., Storey, B.C., Doake, C.S.M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 1985
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Alexander Island; Palmer Land; George VI Ice Shelf; George VI Sound; Antarc*; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/523310/; https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-1951(85)90025-3

George VI Sound, 400 km long and between 25 and 90 km wide, separates Alexander Island from the Antarctic Peninsula. The straight parallel sides of its northern section and sub-parallel normal faulting observed in exposed rock on adjacent parts of Alexander Island and Palmer Land indicate a history...