A cryptic Gondwana-forming orogen located in Antarctica

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Daczko, NR, Halpin, JA, Fitzsimons, ICW, Whittaker, JM
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018
• Subjects: Antarctica; plate reconstruction; Gondwana; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Indian; Mirny; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/45103/; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/45103/1/Daczko%2B%2BGondwanaAntarctica_SciRep_2018.pdf

The most poorly exposed and least understood Gondwana-forming orogen lies largely hidden beneath ice in East Antarctica. Called the Kuunga orogen, its interpolation between scattered outcrops is speculative with differing and often contradictory trends proposed, and no consensus on the location of a...