Continental arc volcanism as the principal driver of icehouse-greenhouse variability

NR McKenzie, BK Horton, SE Loomis, DF Stockli… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Variations in continental volcanic arc emissions have the potential to control atmospheric
carbon dioxide (CO2) levels and climate change on multimillion-year time scales. Here we …

South Georgia microcontinent: Displaced fragment of the southernmost Andes

IWD Dalziel, DIM Macdonald, P Stone, BC Storey - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
The mountainous, glaciated island of South Georgia is the crest of one of the most isolated
fragments of continental crust on Earth. It is located approximately 1700 km east of the …

Detrital zircon age constraints for the Winton Formation, Queensland: contextualizing Australia's Late Cretaceous dinosaur faunas

RT Tucker, EM Roberts, Y Hu, AIS Kemp… - Gondwana …, 2013 - Elsevier
The Winton Formation provides an important snapshot of Australia's late Mesozoic terrestrial
biota, boasting a vertebrate fauna that includes dinosaurs, crocodyliforms, aquatic …

Magmatic history and crustal genesis of western South America: Constraints from U-Pb ages and Hf isotopes of detrital zircons in modern rivers

M Pepper, G Gehrels, A Pullen… - …, 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract Western South America provides an outstanding laboratory for studies of
magmatism and crustal evolution because it contains Archean–Paleoproterozoic cratons …

Evolution of an accretionary complex (LeMay Group) and terrane translation in the Antarctic Peninsula

TR Riley, IL Millar, A Carter, MJ Flowerdew… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The LeMay Group accretionary complex of Alexander Island (Antarctic Peninsula)
comprises a 4 km thick succession of variably deformed turbidites associated with thrust …

Unzipping the Patagonian Andes—Long-lived influence of rifting history on foreland basin evolution

MA Malkowski, M Grove, SA Graham - Lithosphere, 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Andean Cordillera is widely considered to be one of the type examples of a
convergent margin setting. In the southernmost Andes, however, rifting and volcanism …

Tectonic Subsidence Modeling of Diachronous Transition From Backarc to Retroarc Basin Development and Uplift During Cordilleran Orogenesis, Patagonian …

RA VanderLeest, JC Fosdick, MA Malkowski… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Backstripped tectonic basin subsidence histories are critical for interpreting phases of
lithospheric deformation and paleoenvironmental change from the stratigraphic record. This …

Thermochronological evidence for Eocene deformation in the southern Patagonian Andes: Linking orogenesis along the Patagonian orocline

AL Stevens Goddard, JC Fosdick, M Calderón… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Thermochronologic results from zircon fission track and (U‐Th)/He data collected across the
Patagonian batholith, basement and thrust belt of the southern Patagonian Andes between …

Structure and tectonic evolution of the Fuegian Andes (southernmost South America) in the framework of the Scotia Arc development

PJT Carbonell, LV Dimieri, EB Olivero, F Bohoyo… - Global and Planetary …, 2014 - Elsevier
The major structural and tectonic features of the Fuegian Andes provide an outstanding
onshore geological framework that aids in the understanding of the tectonic evolution of the …

Large igneous province or long-lived magmatic arc along the eastern margin of Australia during the Cretaceous? Insights from the sedimentary record

RT Tucker, EM Roberts, RA Henderson… - …, 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
U-Pb geochronology and Lu-Hf isotope analysis of detrital zircon from the mid-Cretaceous
Winton and Mackunda Formations in the Eromanga Basin were employed to investigate …