Basement faults as a control on crustal architecture and topography at the transiton between Northern Victoria Land and the Wilkes Subglacial Basin (East Antarctica)

• Main Authors: ARMADILLO, EGIDIO, BALBI, PIETRO, Ferraccioli, Fausto
• Other Authors: Armadillo, Egidio, Balbi, Pietro
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: East Antarctica; Victoria Land; Pacific; Victoria; Wilkes Subglacial Basin; Prince Albert Mountains; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11567/856356

Major terrane bounding and intra-terrane faults have been recognised from extensive geological investigations within the partially exposed basement rocks of Northern Victoria Land (NVL) in East Antarctica. These major fault systems were active during the Ross Orogen and are related to several phases...