Stratigraphic correlation and division of the South Shetland Islands, west Antarctica

WEI Lijie; CHEN Hong; ZHAO Yue; LIU Xiaochun; HU Jianmin

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WEI Lijie, CHEN Hong, ZHAO Yue, LIU Xiaochun, HU Jianmin. Stratigraphic correlation and division of the South Shetland Islands, west Antarctica[J]. Geological Bulletin of China, 2022, 41(2-3): 347-360. doi: 10.12097/j.issn.1671-2552.2022.2-3.013

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WEI Lijie, CHEN Hong, ZHAO Yue, LIU Xiaochun, HU Jianmin. Stratigraphic correlation and division of the South Shetland Islands, west Antarctica[J]. Geological Bulletin of China, 2022, 41(2-3): 347-360. doi: 10.12097/j.issn.1671-2552.2022.2-3.013

Stratigraphic correlation and division of the South Shetland Islands, west Antarctica

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Institute of Geomechanics, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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Research Center of Polar Geosciences, China Geological Survey, Beijing 100081, China
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Key Laboratory of Neotectonic Movement and Geohazard, Ministry of Natural Resources, Beijing 100081, China
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Key Laboratory of Paleomagnetism and Tectonic Reconstruction, Ministry of Natural Resources, Beijing 100081, China

Received Date: 02 September 2020

Revised Date: 01 December 2020

Publish Date: 15 March 2022

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Through the geological investigations and studies of the bedrock in the South Shetland Islands, the stratigraphic sequence and evolution process were restored.Based on fieldworks and data collection, previous results of geochronology, geochemistry, paleomagnetism and paleobiology, the volcanic-sedimentary strata in the area were divided into 24 stratigraphic units, and the stratigraphic framework of the Mesozoic-Cenozoic volcanic-sedimentary rocks in the South Shetland Islands was constructed.The results show that the volcanic activity in the South Shetland Islands generally migrated from southwest to northeast from early Cretaceous to early Miocene, which might be the result of the subduction of the ocean floor divided by faults from southwest to northwest.Since the Quaternary, with the opening of Bransfield Strait, Deception Island and Penguin Island have been formed with alkali basaltic magma of mantle source in the rift environment.The result provides a basis for the further study of the tectonic evolution and the paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the South Shetland Islands.
- west Antarctica /
- South Shetland Islands /
- Mesozoic-Cenozoic /
- volcanic-sedimentary strata /
- geological survey engineering

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