Bransfield Basin, Antarctic Peninsula: Not a normal backarc basin

• Main Authors: González-Casado, J.M., Giner Robles, Jorge Luis, López-Martínez, J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Geological Society of America 2000
• Subjects: 551.24(995.141); Recent tectonics; Backarc basin; Stress field; Antarctic Peninsula; Geodinámica; 2507.07 Tectónica; 2506 Geología; Antarctic; The Antarctic; South Shetland Islands; South Shetland Trench; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/102996

The Bransfield Basin, a marginal basin located northwest of the Antarctic Peninsula, has been habitually considered as a backarc basin associated with the rollback process that took place along an inactive plate boundary, the South Shetland Trench, where the Antarctic and the Phoenix plates meet. Ne...