Geodynamic reconstructions of the South America-Antarctica plate system

• Published in: Journal of Geodynamics
• Main Authors: Vérard, C., Flores, K.E., Stampfli, G.M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Discovery Bank; Drake Passage; Falkland Plateau; Georgia Rise; Pacific; Patagonia; Powell Basin; Sandwich Islands; Scotia Sea; South Sandwich Islands; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica; Tierra del Fuego
• Online Access: https://serval.unil.ch/notice/serval:BIB_18006840F814; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jog.2011.07.007

The South America-Antarctica plate system shows many oceanic accretionary systems and subduction zones that initiated and then stopped. To better apprehend the evolution of the system, geodynamic reconstructions (global) have been created from Jurassic (165 Ma) to present, following the techniques u...