Geological Analysis of ERS-1 SAR Mosaic: Impilcations for the Tectonic Segmentation of the Antarctic Peninsula

• Main Author: Noltimier, Katy Farness, 1959-
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University. 1998
• Subjects: Antarctic Peninsula; Antarctica; ERS-1 SAR Mosaic; Alexander Island; Antarctic; Graham Land; Pacific; Palmer Land; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Polar Research
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1811/47950

The Antarctic Peninsula (AP) is a Mesozoic-Cenozoic Andean-type magmatic arc resulting from subduction of Pacific Ocean lithosphere beneath its western margin. During the past 60 million years discrete segments of the Pacific-Phoenix spreading ridge have successively collided with the western margin...