Deformational evolution of a Cretaceous subduction complex: Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

• Published in: Tectonophysics
• Main Authors: Trouw, RAJ, Passchier, C. W., Valeriano, C. M., Simoes, LSA, Paciullo, FVP, Ribeiro, A.
• Other Authors: Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V. 2000
• Subjects: accretionary wedge; oblique subduction; polyphase deformation; South Shetland Islands; subduction complex; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Elephant Island; Pacific; Scotia Sea; Shackleton; Shackleton Fracture Zone; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/25154; https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-1951(00)00021-4

New structural data from Elephant Island and adjacent islands are presented with the objective to improve the understanding of subduction kinematics in the area northeast of the Antarctic Peninsula. on the island, a first deformation phase, D-1, produced a strong SL fabric with steep stretching and...