The geological history and evolution of West Antarctica

TA Jordan, TR Riley, CS Siddoway - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2020 - nature.com
West Antarctica has formed the tectonically active margin between East Antarctica and the
Pacific Ocean for almost half a billion years, where it has recorded a dynamic history of …

Combined gravimetric–seismic crustal model for Antarctica

A Baranov, R Tenzer, M Bagherbandi - Surveys in Geophysics, 2018 - Springer
The latest seismic data and improved information about the subglacial bedrock relief are
used in this study to estimate the sediment and crustal thickness under the Antarctic …

Timing and geometry of early Gondwana breakup

W Jokat, T Boebel, M König… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
The Mesozoic opening history of the Southern Ocean between South America, Africa, and
Antarctica is one of the largest gaps in knowledge on the evolution of this region. Competing …

The Kalahari Craton during the assembly and dispersal of Rodinia

J Jacobs, S Pisarevsky, RJ Thomas, T Becker - Precambrian Research, 2008 - Elsevier
In this paper, we review the dimensions, geometry and architecture of the components of the
Kalahari Craton and the various positions this important crustal block could have occupied …

Timing of Grenville-age vs. Pan-African medium-to high grade metamorphism in western Dronning Maud Land (East Antarctica) and significance for correlations in …

J Jacobs, CM Fanning, W Bauer - Precambrian Research, 2003 - Elsevier
Heimefrontfjella in western Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica, is part of the c. 1.1 Ga
Namaqua–Natal–Maud Belt. It is situated at an important location, both for Rodinia …

New geophysical compilations link crustal block motion to Jurassic extension and strike-slip faulting in the Weddell Sea Rift System of West Antarctica

TA Jordan, F Ferraccioli, PT Leat - Gondwana Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Gondwana breakup changed the global continental configuration, leading to opening of
major oceanic gateways, shifts in the climate system and significant impacts on the …

The Annandagstoppane Granite, East Antarctica: evidence for Archaean intracrustal recycling in the Kaapvaal–Grunehogna Craton from zircon O and Hf isotopes

HR Marschall, CJ Hawkesworth, CD Storey… - Journal of …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Grunehogna Craton (GC, East Antarctica) is interpreted as part of the Archaean
Kaapvaal Craton of southern Africa prior to Gondwana breakup. The basement of the GC is …

A new heat flux model for the Antarctic Peninsula incorporating spatially variable upper crustal radiogenic heat production

A Burton‐Johnson, JA Halpin… - Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
A new method for modeling heat flux shows that the upper crust contributes up to 70% of the
Antarctic Peninsula's subglacial heat flux and that heat flux values are more variable at …

New age constraints for Grenville-age metamorphism in western central Dronning Maud Land (East Antarctica), and implications for the palaeogeography of Kalahari …

J Jacobs, W Bauer, CM Fanning - International Journal of Earth Sciences, 2003 - Springer
New SHRIMP zircon data from Gjelsvikfjella and Mühlig–Hofmann–Gebirge (East
Antarctica) indicate that the metamorphic basement is composed of Grenville-age rocks that …

New detailed aeromagnetic and geological data of eastern Dronning Maud Land: Implications for refining the tectonic and structural framework of Sør Rondane, East …

M Mieth, J Jacobs, A Ruppel, D Damaske, A Läufer… - Precambrian …, 2014 - Elsevier
The Sør Rondane Mountains (SRM) in eastern Dronning Maud Land (DML) are located in
an area, where two apparent Pan-African (650–520 Ma) orogenic mobile belts appear to …