Anatomy of the Kuunga Orogen in East Antarctica

• Main Authors: Halpin, J, Daczko, N, Fitzsimons, I, Whittaker, J, Mulder, J
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: . 2018
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Geology; Geochronology; Antarctic; The Antarctic; East Antarctica; Indian; Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://agcc.org.au/; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/131214

The Kuunga Orogen in East Antarctica essentially lies buried below the ice sheet, and therefore remains the most poorly exposed and enigmatic Gondwana-forming orogen. Paleomagnetic constraints from India and Australia imply that a Neoproterozoic plate boundary bisecting East Antarctica accommodated...