Modeling of subduction components in the Genesis of the Meso-Cenozoic igneous rocks from the South Shetland Arc, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Machado, Adriane, Chemale, Farid Jr., Conceicao, Rommulo V., Kawaskita, Koji, Morata, Diego, Oteíza, Orlando, Van Schmus, William
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: ELSEVIER SCIENCE 2005
• Subjects: TRACE-ELEMENT COMPOSITIONS; ISLAND-ARC; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; LESSER ANTILLES; MANTLE SOURCE; PB; ISOTOPE; BASALTS; SR; CONSTRAINTS; Ardley; Greenwich; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://www.captura.uchile.cl/handle/2250/2296

Isotope data and trace elements concentrations are presented for volcanic and plutonic rocks from the Livingston, Greenwich, Robert, King George and Ardley islands (South Shetland arc, Antarctica). These islands were formed during subduction of the Phoenix Plate under the Antarctica Plate from Creta...