The Ross orogeny of the transantarctic mountains: a northern Victoria Land perspective

• Published in: International Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: FEDERICO, LAURA, CAPPONI, GIOVANNI, CRISPINI, LAURA
• Other Authors: Federico, Laura, Capponi, Giovanni, Crispini, Laura
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Victoria Land; Transantarctic Mountains; Bowers; Robertson Bay; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11567/250207; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-005-0063-5

Northern Victoria Land (Antarctica) is made up of three terranes of Cambrian-Ordovician rocks: the Wilson (WT), Bowers (BT) and Robertson Bay terranes (RBT). The WT comprises a low- to high-grade metasedimentary sequence intruded by calc-alkaline plutons with magmatic arc affinity; the BT is compose...