The Skytrain plate and tectonic evolution of southwest Gondwana since Jurassic times

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Eagles, Graeme, Eisermann, Hannes
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
• Subjects: Article; Drake Passage; Ellsworth Mountains; Falkland Plateau; Pacific; Scotia Sea; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7672057/; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-77070-6

Uncertainty about the structure of the Falkland Plateau Basin has long hindered understanding of tectonic evolution in southwest Gondwana. New aeromagnetic data from the basin reveal Jurassic-onset seafloor spreading by motion of a single newly-recognized plate, Skytrain, which also governed contine...