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European geological initiative for the Shackleton Range

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 May 2004

F. Tessensohn  and
M.R.A. Thomson
F. Tessensohn
Affiliation:
Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe, Postfach 51 01 53, 3000 Hannover 51, Federal Republic of Germany
M.R.A. Thomson
Affiliation:
British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK
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The Shackleton Range occupies a key geological position in Antarctica (Fig. 1). Its location, at the edge of the continental craton between the mobile belts of the Transantarctic Mountains (TAM) and the stable platform of Dronning Maud Land (Neuschwabenland), and its geological constitution offer possibilities for: understanding the nature of the ‘Pacific’ margin of the Antarctic craton during the Palaeozoic, distinguishing between subduction- and collision-related tectonics at an ancient continental margin, and contributing to the debate on the relationship between East and West Antarctica. The structural orientation of the range, at right angles to the trend of the TAM, has puzzled geologists ever since its discovery.

Type
Short note
Information
Antarctic Science , Volume 2 , Issue 3 , September 1990 , pp. 265 - 266
Copyright
© Antarctic Science Ltd 1990

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