Tectonic overview of the West Gondwana margin

• Published in: Gondwana Research
• Main Authors: Vaughan, Alan P.M., Pankhurst, Robert J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2008
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Patagonia; West Antarctica; Victoria Land; Transantarctic Mountains; New Zealand; Argentina; Ellsworth Mountains; Terra Australis; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antarctica New Zealand
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/6325/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/6325/1/Vaughan_%26_Pankhurst_GR_focus_final_revised.pdf; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/1342937X

The oceanic southern margin of Gondwana, from southern South America through South Africa, West Antarctica, New Zealand (in its pre break-up position), and Victoria Land to Eastern Australia is one of the longest and longest-lived active continental margins known. It was the site of the 18,000 km Te...