Evidence for pre-Jurassic subduction in western Antarctica
The South Shetland Islands (from King George Island to Livingston Island) are situated on a small crustal plate bounded by incipient back-arc spreading along the axis of Bransfield Strait to the east, a well defined oceanic trench to the west (along which subduction has apparently now ceased) and tr...
Published in: | Nature |
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Main Authors: | , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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1975
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Online Access: | http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/525858/ https://doi.org/10.1038/258701a0 |