Recent tectonic and morphostructural evolution of Byers Peninsula (Antarctica): insight into the development of the South Shetland Islands and Bransfield Basin

• Main Authors: Alfaro, P., López-Martínez, J., Maestro, A., Galindo-Zaldívar, J., Durán-Valsero, J.J., Cuchí, J.A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Ediciones Complutense 2010
• Subjects: Antarctica; Byers Peninsula; Mesostructural analysis; Morphotectonics; Paleostress; South Shetland Islands; Antártida; Península Byers; Análisis mesoestructural; Morfotectónica; Paleoesfuerzos; Islas Shetland del Sur; Geología; Antarctic; Byers; Byers peninsula; Hero Fracture Zone; isla Livingston; islas Shetland del Sur; Livingston Island; península Byers; Rocas; Shetland del Sur; South Scotia Ridge; South Shetland Islands; South Shetland Trench; Sur Este; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antártica; Antártida
• Online Access: https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/JIGE/article/view/JIGE1010120021A

Byers Peninsula forms the western extremity of the Livingston Island (Antarctica) in the continental South Shetland Block. This tectonic block is bounded by the South Shetland Trench to the north, the Bransfield back-arc basin to the south, and extends to the South Scotia Ridge on the east. Westward...