Tectonomorphic evolution of Marie Byrd Land – Implications for Cenozoic rifting activity and onset of West Antarctic glaciation

• Published in: Global and Planetary Change
• Main Authors: Spiegel, Cornelia, Lindow, Julia, Kamp, Peter J.J., Meisel, Ove, Mukasa, Samuel, Lisker, Frank, Kuhn, Gerhard, Gohl, Karsten
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2016
• Subjects: Antarctic; Bellingshausen Sea; Byrd; Island Bay; Marie Byrd Land; Pine Island Bay; Pine Island Glacier; Ross Sea; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/44598/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/44598/1/Spiegel.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2016.08.013

Highlights • First fission track and (U-Th-Sm)/He data from eastern Marie Byrd Land • First direct dating of Cenozoic WARS activity outside the Ross Sea area • Structural model kinematically linking areas of extended crust within the WARS • Data on paleotopographic evolution providing boundary condi...