The Development of Paleoseaways around Antarctica

• Main Authors: Lawver, LA, Gahagan, LM, Coffin, MF
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 1992
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Geology; Marine Geoscience; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Drake Passage; East Antarctica; Falkland Plateau; New Zealand; Pacific; Queen Maud Land; South Tasman Rise; The Antarctic; Thurston; Thurston Island; Victoria Land; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1029/AR056p0007; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/73905

Gondwana, with East Antarctica as its center, began to fragment during Late Triassic to Early Jurassic time. With the exception of the Permian or older convergent Pacific margin of the Antarctic Peninsula and Thurston Island, the margins of Antarctic are rifted or transform margins. The earliest sea...