Metamorphic rocks from the southern margin of Tasmania and their tectonic significance

• Published in: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Berry, RF, Meffre, S, Kreuzer, H
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Blackwell 1997
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Geology; Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology; Ross Sea; Victoria Land; King Island; Beardmore; South Tasman Rise; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1080/08120099708728340; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/12117

Off the southern margin of Tasmania is a large area of thin continental crust (South Tasman Rise and East Tasman Plateau) derived from Mesozoic Gondwana. Dredging during two scientific cruises in this area recovered metamorphic rocks at 28 localities. Upper amphibolite facies paragneiss, from the we...