1/3 of Antarctica is Not a Continent: Geophysical Evidence for West Antarctica as a Backarc System
Antarctica has traditionally been considered continental inside the coastline of ice and bedrock. In our recent study (Artemieva and Thybo, 2020) we reconsider the conventional extent of this continent and demonstrate that 1/3 of Antarctica is not a continent. Here we present a brief summary of our...
| Published in: | Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2021
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| Online Access: | https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/54541/ https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/54541/1/Artemieva%20et%20al.pdf https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-6724.14830 |
| Summary: | Antarctica has traditionally been considered continental inside the coastline of ice and bedrock. In our recent study (Artemieva and Thybo, 2020) we reconsider the conventional extent of this continent and demonstrate that 1/3 of Antarctica is not a continent. Here we present a brief summary of our results. |
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