Arc Boudinage, Basin Inversion and Obduction in an Evolving Subduction System of East Antarctica

• Main Authors: BALBI, PIETRO, FERRACCIOLI, FAUSTO, ARMADILLO, EGIDIO, CRISPINI, LAURA, CAPPONI, GIOVANNI
• Other Authors: Balbi, Pietro, Ferraccioli, Fausto, Armadillo, Egidio, Crispini, Laura, Capponi, Giovanni
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Antarctic; East Antarctica; Victoria Land; Pacific; Bowers; Wilkes Subglacial Basin; Robertson Bay; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11567/854299

The paleo-Pacific margin of Gondwana experienced protracted subduction and accretionary tectonics starting in late Neoproterozic-early Cambrian times. Northern Victoria Land (NVL), in East Antarctica, preserves a cryptic record of these active margin processes. Most models indicate that NVL contains...