Geodynamic evolution of the Pacific margin of West Antarctica based on apatite thermochronology

• Main Author: Zundel, Maximilian
• Other Authors: Spiegel, Cornelia, Najman, Yani
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Universität Bremen 2018
• Subjects: Thermochronology; West Antarctica; Gondwana break-up; upper crustal evolution; basin development; West Antarctic rift system; thermal history modeling; 550; 550 Earth sciences and geology; ddc:550; Antarctic; Byrd; Drake Passage; Elephant Island; Marie Byrd Land; Pacific; Scotia Sea; South Orkney Islands; Thurston; Thurston Island; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://media.suub.uni-bremen.de/handle/elib/1441; https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:46-00106584-15

The West Antarctic continent formed during most of the Palaeozoic and Mesozoic era by accretion of crustal blocks to form the palaeo-Pacific margin of Gondwana. In the mid Cretaceous, Gondwana break-up was associated with a major change from convergence to extension along the palaeo-Pacific margin,...