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Cretaceous Crust in the Scotia Sea: Missing Pieces in a Geological Puzzle?

Oldenhage, J. H. ; Schellart, W. P. ; Beniest, A.

Tectonics (Washington, D.C.), 2024-06, Vol.43 (6), p.n/a [Revista revisada por pares]

Washington: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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  • Título:
    Cretaceous Crust in the Scotia Sea: Missing Pieces in a Geological Puzzle?
  • Autor: Oldenhage, J. H. ; Schellart, W. P. ; Beniest, A.
  • Materias: Agreements ; back‐arc basin ; Bathymetry ; Cenozoic ; Cenozoic Era ; Cretaceous ; Drake Passage ; Evolution ; Geological data ; Geological history ; Geology ; Geophysical data ; History ; Oceanic crust ; Oceans ; paleogeographic reconstructions ; plate tectonics ; Scotia Sea ; Subduction ; Subduction zones ; Tectonics
  • Es parte de: Tectonics (Washington, D.C.), 2024-06, Vol.43 (6), p.n/a
  • Descripción: The interplay between regional tectonics and the development of a major ocean gateway between the Pacific and the Atlantic Ocean has resulted in numerous paleogeographic reconstruction studies that describe the Cenozoic tectonic history of the Scotia Sea region. Despite the multitude of published tectonic reconstructions and the variety of geological and geophysical data available from the Scotia Sea, the geological history remains ambiguous. We present a comparative paleogeographic analysis of previously published tectonic reconstructions to identify agreements and conflicts between these reconstructions. We propose an alternative model to explain the Cenozoic evolution of the Scotia Sea region. The paleogeographic comparison shows that most reconstructions agree on the tectonic evolution of the South Scotia Ridge and the East Scotia Ridge. Major differences between the reconstructions are the role of the westward subducting plate below the South Sandwich plate, and the age and origin of the Central Scotia Sea. Tectonic reconstructions assume that the Central Scotia Sea is either part of a Cenozoic back‐arc basin, or a captured piece of Cretaceous oceanic crust. We propose a new alternative tectonic reconstruction that brings these two prevailing hypotheses elegantly together. Here, we identified new geographical blocks consisting of thinned continental or Cretaceous oceanic fragments that originate from the Paleo‐Pacific Weddell Sea gateway from high‐resolution bathymetry. These fragments are now part of the Central Scotia Sea and have been affected by early back‐arc tectonic activity of the South Sandwich subduction zone, leading locally to the formation of Cenozoic‐aged crust in the Central Scotia Sea. Key Points New tectonic reconstruction based on qualitative comparison endmember reconstructions The Central Scotia Sea consists of fragments of Cretaceous and Cenozoic oceanic crust A shallow gateway at Drake Passage potentially existed already during the Eocene
  • Editor: Washington: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
  • Idioma: Inglés
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