Active margin processes along the Antarctic Peninsula

• Main Authors: Henriet, J.-P., Meissner, R., Miller, L.W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1992
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Bransfield Strait; Shackleton; Shackleton Fracture Zone; Smith Island; South Shetland Trench; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarktis*
• Online Access: http://www.vliz.be/nl/open-marien-archief?module=ref&refid=2802

The Antarctic Peninsula has a remarkable record of active margin processes, which include subduction with progressive ridge-trench collisions, margin segmentation by major fracture zones, rifting in a hybrid back-arc and sheared plate margin context, fore-arc development and glacial-marine controlle...