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Structure of the South Powell Ridge (NE Antarctic Peninsula): new clues for changing tectonic regimes near the Scotia/Antarctica Plate boundary
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Balanyá, Juan Carlos Galindo-Zaldívar, Jesús Jabaloy, A. Leitchenkov, German L. Maldonado, Amir Rodríguez-Fernández, Jonathan Vinnikovskaya, O. |
| Copyright Year | 1998 |
| Abstract | The structure of the South Powell Ridge (SPR), separating the Late Cenozoic ocean-floored Powell Basin and the Mesozoic Weddell Sea domain, is revealed by multichannel seismic data. The SPR appears as a basement high, bounded northward by transtensional faults and by normal and major reverse faults to the south. These margin features seem to be linked to the Powell Basin southern strike-slip margin and to the Jane Arc paleotrench, respectively. We suggest the ridge evolved from the Antarctic Peninsula passive margin to become the deformational front of the Scotia/Antarctica Plate boundary, later being welded to the Antarctic Plate. |
| Starting Page | 215 |
| Ending Page | 224 |
| Page Count | 10 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1007/s003670050071 |
| Volume Number | 18 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://hera.ugr.es/doi/15005227.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |