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Aspects of the Geology of the Scotia Arc

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

D. H. Matthews
D. H. Matthews
Affiliation:
Department of Geodesy and Geophysics, Madingley Road, Cambridge, and Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey Scientific Bureau, 22 Gayfere Street, London, S.W.1.
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Abstract

A review is given of the geology of the islands of the Scotia Arc. The provenance of the sedimentary materials is considered and it is concluded that the islands probably represent areas with a crustal structure of a continental type. The crustal structure of the Scotia Sea area is briefly compared with that of the Caribbean.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 96 , Issue 6 , December 1959 , pp. 425 - 441
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1959

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