Subduction initiation in the Scotia Sea region and opening of the Drake Passage: When and why?
During evolution of the South Sandwich subduction zone, which has consumed South American Plate oceanic lithosphere, somehow continental crust of both the South American and Antarctic plates have become incorporated into its upper plate. Continental fragments of both plates are currently separated b...
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021
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Online Access: | http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/529822/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/529822/1/1-s2.0-S0012825221000507-main.pdf https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012825221000507?via%3Dihub |