Cenozoic tectonic history of the South Georgia microcontinent and potential as a barrier to Pacific-Atlantic through flow

• Main Authors: Carter, A, Curtis, M, Schwanethal, J
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Antarctic; Georgia Rise; North Scotia Ridge; Northeast Georgia Rise; Pacific; Rocas; Scotia Sea; West Scotia Ridge; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1433142/

Cenozoic opening of the central Scotia Sea involved the tectonic translation of crustal blocks to form the North Scotia Ridge, which today is a major topographic constriction to the flow of the deep Antarctic Circumpolar Current that keeps Antarctica thermally isolated from warmer ocean waters. How...