Antarctic Peninsula and South Shetland Islands: Petrology (Chapter 3.1b)

• Main Authors: Leat, Philip T., Riley, Teal R.
• Other Authors: Smellie, J.L., Panter, K.S., Geyer, A.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: unknown
• Published: Geological Society of London 2021
• Subjects: Alexander Island; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Pacific; South Shetland Islands; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/530067/; https://mem.lyellcollection.org/content/55/1/213

The Antarctic Peninsula contains a record of continental-margin volcanism extending from Jurassic to Recent times. Subduction of the Pacific oceanic lithosphere beneath the continental margin developed after Late Jurassic volcanism in Alexander Island that was related to extension of the continental...