Tectonomorphic evolution of Marie Byrd Land - Implications for Cenozoic rifting activity and onset of West Antarctic glaciation

• Published in: Global and Planetary Change
• Main Authors: Spiegel, Cornelia, Lindow, Julia, Kamp, Peter J.J., Meisel, Ove, Mukasa, Samuel, Lisker, Frank, Kuhn, Gerhard, Gohl, Karsten
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2016
• Subjects: Science & Technology; Physical Sciences; Geography; Physical; Geosciences; Multidisciplinary; Physical Geography; Geology; AMUNDSEN SEA EMBAYMENT; NORTHERN VICTORIA-LAND; GROUNDING-LINE RETREAT; PINE ISLAND GLACIER; OLIGOCENE ICE-SHEET; FISSION-TRACK; TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS; FOSDICK MOUNTAINS; PACIFIC MARGIN; NEW-ZEALAND; Antarctic; Ross Sea; West Antarctica; Victoria Land; Amundsen Sea; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Bellingshausen Sea; Transantarctic Mountains; Pacific; New Zealand; Byrd; Pine Island Glacier; Marie Byrd Land; Island Bay; Pine Island Bay; Fosdick Mountains; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Pine Island
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/11201; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2016.08.013

The West Antarctic Rift System is one of the largest continental rifts on Earth. Because it is obscured by the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, its evolution is still poorly understood. Here we present the first low-temperature thermochronology data from eastern Marie Byrd Land, an area that stretches ~ 10...