The early Paleozoic Antarctic margin of Gondwana: a synthetic model after twenty years of investigations

• Main Authors: ROCCHI, SERGIO, BRACCIALI, LAURA, GEMELLI, MAURIZIO, DI VINCENZO G, GHEZZO C
• Other Authors: Rocchi, Sergio, DI VINCENZO, G, Ghezzo, C, Bracciali, Laura, Gemelli, Maurizio
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Antarctic; Bowers; Pacific; Robertson Bay; Ross Sea; Transantarctic Mountains; Victoria Land; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11568/133980

The convergence process between the Paleo-Pacific oceanic plate and the Gondwana continental margin during the early Paleozoic led to the construction of the Ross Orogen of the Transantarctic Mountains. For their termination in Victoria Land, variably exotic terranes are the leitmotiv for current ge...