Thermal history of the southern Antarctic Peninsula during Cenozoic oblique subduction

• Published in: Journal of the Geological Society
• Main Authors: Twinn, G., Riley, T., Fox, M., Carter, A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Geological Society of London 2022
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Alexander Island; Palmer Land; George VI Sound; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/531794/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/531794/1/jgs2022-008.pdf; https://www.lyellcollection.org/doi/10.1144/jgs2022-008

Apatite (U-Th)/He and apatite fission track thermochronology is used to constrain the cooling and uplift history of the southern Antarctic Peninsula where easterly-directed subduction of the Phoenix Plate, including ridge-trench collisions have been taking place along its western margin since the Up...