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Area of Science:

  • Geophysics
  • Plate Tectonics
  • Paleogeography

Background:

  • The West Antarctic rift system, a major active continental rift, formed from Mesozoic and Cenozoic extension between East and West Antarctica.
  • Previous understanding of the rift system's development was limited by a lack of seafloor spreading constraints, specifically magnetic anomaly and fracture zone data.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine the timing and magnitude of plate motions responsible for the West Antarctic rift system's formation.
  • To improve reconstructions of plate circuits involving the Australia, Antarctic, and Pacific plates.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of magnetic data, gravity data, and swath bathymetry collected in the south Tasman Sea and northern Ross Sea.
  • Calculation of mid-Cenozoic rotation parameters for East and West Antarctica based on the collected geophysical data.

Main Results:

  • Evidence of approximately 180 km of separation between East and West Antarctica in the western Ross Sea embayment during the Eocene and Oligocene.
  • Established mid-Cenozoic rotation parameters for East and West Antarctica.
  • Resolved discrepancies in early Tertiary reconstructions of the New Zealand region and clarified the contribution of Antarctic deformation to global plate circuits.

Conclusions:

  • The calculated East-West Antarctic motion provides a tectonic framework for significant Cenozoic events in the Ross Sea embayment, including Transantarctic Mountain uplift and extensive Oligocene sediment deposition.
  • Incorporating this motion refines plate reconstructions and resolves long-standing controversies regarding Pacific plate interactions.