Tectonic and climatic signals from apatite detrital fission track analysis of the Cape Roberts Project core records, South Victoria Land, Antarctica

• Published in: Tectonophysics
• Main Authors: Olivetti, V, Balestrieri, ML, Rossetti, F, Talarico, FM
• Other Authors: Balestrieri, Ml, Talarico, Fm
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: ELSEVIER 2013
• Subjects: Detrital thermochronology; Climate/tectonics interaction; Cenozoic tectonic; Antarctica; Antarctic; Ross Sea; Victoria Land; McMurdo Sound; Cape Roberts; Young Peak; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11577/3329371; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2013.03.017

The Cenozoic tectonic reorganization of the West Antarctic Rift System in the Ross Sea region occurred concurrently with a major change in the global climate system and a global reorganization of plate motions. This region thus provides the opportunity to study in detail a range of geological issues...