Geodetic implications on block formation and geodynamic domains in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Tectonophysics
• Main Authors: Berrocoso, M., Fernandez-Ros, A., Prates, Gonçalo, Garcia, A., Kraus, S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2016
• Subjects: Geodesy; Tectonic deformation; Geodynamic regions; South Shetland Islands; Antarctic Peninsula; Antarctic; Bridgeman; South Shetland Trench; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/9659; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2015.10.023

The South Shetland Islands archipelago is dynamically complex due to its tectonic surroundings. Most islands are part of a formerly active volcanic arc, although Deception, Penguin and Bridgeman Islands, as well as several submarine volcanoes, are characterized by active back-arc volcanism. Geodetic...