Solovyov, V. D. et al. (2009): Crustal structure of Palmer Deep (west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula) by geophysical data

Leg/Site/Hole:
ODP 178
ODP 178 1098
ODP 178 1099
Identifier:
2010-065828
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Creator:
Solovyov, V. D.
National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Institute of Geophysics, Kiev, Ukraine
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Bakhmutov, V. G.
Institute of Applied Ecology, Geophysics and Geochemistry, Ukraine
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Korchagin, I. N.
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Levashov, S. P.
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Identification:
Crustal structure of Palmer Deep (west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula) by geophysical data
2009
Ukrayins'kiy Antarktichniy Zhurnal = Ukrainian Antarctic Journal
Ukrayins'kiy Antarktichniy Tsentr, Kiev, Ukraine
8
126-134
The Ukrainian Antarctic expeditions acquired new geoelectrical data ('short-impulse electromagnetic field formation'--FSPEF, and 'vertical electric-resonance sounding'--VERS) along profiles across Drake Passage and continental shelf of Antarctic Peninsula. The electromagnetic experiments yielded new data set with unique information about the inner structure and new values of the depth of the Moho discontinuity of West Antarctica region. Deep crustal heterogeneities of the Palmer Deep Basin that were obtained from the VERS- profiles data could be connected with processes of tectonic transformations of the Antarctic Peninsula shelf structures. Possibly, the conformities of continental shelf glacial streams may be explained exactly by a tectonic factor of recent geological past. New information about sediment distribution and inner crustal structure has an important value for searching and prospecting the hydrocarbon deposits of Palmer Deep region.
English
Serial
Coverage:Geographic coordinates:
North:-64.5143
West:-64.1855East: -64.1228
South:-64.5642

Structural geology; Applied geophysics; Antarctic Peninsula; Antarctica; bathymetry; continental shelf; crust; deep seismic sounding; deep-seated structures; Drake Passage; electrical methods; geophysical methods; geophysical profiles; geophysical surveys; Leg 178; Ocean Drilling Program; ODP Site 1098; ODP Site 1099; Palmer Deep; Southern Ocean; surveys; tectonics;

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