New Antarctic rift data has implications for volcanic evolution
Tuesday, August 21, 2018 - 10:30
in Earth & Climate
New marine geophysical data recorded during two excursions on a French icebreaker enabled researchers to date the ocean floor and calculate the relative motion between the Antarctic Plates and the Australian Plate. This new data revealed that Antarctica fused into one plate around 11 million years ago, roughly 15 million years later than previously assumed.