The South Shetland Islands, Antarctica: unified lithostratigraphy and geological map

• Published in: Frontiers in Earth Science
• Main Authors: Bastías, Joaquín, Chew, David, Villanueva, Camila, Riley, Teal, Manfroi, Joseline, Trevisan, Cristine, Leppe, Marcelo, Castillo, Paula, Poblete, Fernando, Tetzner, Dieter, Giuliani, Gregory, López, Bastián, Chen, Hong, Zheng, Guang-Gao, Zhao, Yue, Rauch, Anna, Jaña, Ricardo A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media 2023
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Patagonia; Drake Passage; South Shetland Islands; Livingston Island; Smith Island; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/532946/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/532946/1/feart-10-1002760.pdf; https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2022.1002760/full

Over the last few decades, numerous geological studies have been carried out in the South Shetland Islands, which have greatly contributed to a better understanding of its geological evolution. However, few attempts have been conducted to correlate the geological units throughout this archipelago. W...