Antarctica: Contributions to Global Earth Sciences

Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Road to Gondwana via the Early SCAR Symposia....Pages 3-6
Exploring the Unknown: History of the First German South Polar Expedition 1901–1903....Pages 7-11
Front Matter....Pages 13-14
Characteristics of Metamorphosed Banded Iron Formation and Its Relation to the Magnetic Anomaly in the Mt. Riiser-Larsen Area, Amundsen Bay, Enderby Land, Antarctica....Pages 15-22
Experimental Constraints on the Decompressional P-T Paths of Rundvågshetta Granulites, Lützow-Holm Complex, East Antarctica....Pages 23-36
Sapphirine — Orthopyroxene — Garnet Granulite from Schirmacher Hills, Central Dronning Maud Land....Pages 37-44
Genesis of Ferropotassic A-Type Granitoids of Mühlig-Hofmannfjella, Central Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica....Pages 45-54
Late Pan-African Fluid Infiltration in the Mühlig-Hofmann- and Filchnerfjella of Central Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica....Pages 55-62
Electron Microprobe (EMP) Dating on Monazite from Forefinger Point Granulites, East Antarctica: Implication for Pan-African Overprint....Pages 63-68
Tectonic Subdivision of the Prince Charles Mountains: A Review of Geologic and Isotopic Data....Pages 69-81
Crustal Provinces of the Prince Charles Mountains Region and Surrounding Areas in the Light of Aeromagnetic Data....Pages 83-94
Magnetic Anomalies of the Grove Mountains Region and Their Geological Significance....Pages 95-105
Front Matter....Pages 107-108
ADMAP — A Digital Magnetic Anomaly Map of the Antarctic....Pages 109-116
Identifying Major Sedimentary Basins Beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet from Aeromagnetic Data Analysis....Pages 117-121
Bedrock Plateaus within the Ross Embayment and beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, Formed by Marine Erosion in Late Tertiary Time....Pages 123-128
Inversion of Airborne Gravity Data Acquired over Subglacial Lakes in East Antarctica....Pages 129-133
Russian Geophysical Studies of Lake Vostok, Central East Antarctica....Pages 135-140
Morphology of the Subglacial Bed Relief of Lake Vostok Basin Area (Central East Antarctica) Based on RES and Seismic Data....Pages 141-146
Deep Reflection Imaging beneath the Mizuho Plateau, East Antarctica, by SEAL-2002 Seismic Experiment....Pages 147-153
Seismic Anisotropy beneath Northern Victoria Land from SKS Splitting Analysis....Pages 155-161
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Scouting Craton’s Edge in Paleo-Pacific Gondwana....Pages 165-173
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The Matusevich Fracture Zone in Oates Land, East Antarctica....Pages 175-180
Tectonic Model for Development of the Byrd Glacier Discontinuity and Surrounding Regions of the Transantarctic Mountains during the Neoproterozoic — Early Paleozoic....Pages 181-190
Depositional Environments of the Byrd Group, Byrd Glacier Area: A Cambrian Record of Sedimentation, Tectonism, and Magmatism....Pages 191-194
Late-Ross Structures in the Wilson Terrane in the Rennick Glacier Area (Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica)....Pages 195-204
Style of Uplift of Paleozoic Terranes in Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica: Evidence from K-Ar Age Patterns....Pages 205-213
Front Matter....Pages 215-215
Patagonia — Antarctica Connections before Gondwana Break-Up....Pages 217-227
Moho Depth along the Antarctic Peninsula and Crustal Structure across the Landward Projection of the Hero Fracture Zone....Pages 229-236
Crustal Thinning and the Development of Deep Depressions at the Scotia-Antarctic Plate Boundary (Southern Margin of Discovery Bank, Antarctica)....Pages 237-241
Bransfield Basin Tectonic Evolution....Pages 243-248
The Sedimentary Sequences of Hurd Peninsula, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands: Part of the Late Jurassic — Cretaceous Depositional History of the Antarctic Peninsula....Pages 249-253
Regional Structures and Geodynamic Evolution of North Greenwich (Fort Williams Point) and Dee Islands, South Shetland Islands....Pages 255-260
The Eocene Volcaniclastic Sejong Formation, Barton Peninsula, King George Island, Antarctica: Evolving Arc Volcanism from Precursory Fire Fountaining to Vulcanian Eruptions....Pages 261-270
Elephant Island Recent Tectonics in the Framework of the Scotia-Antarctic-South Shetland Block Triple Junction (NE Antarctic Peninsula)....Pages 271-276
Tectonics and Geomorphology of Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands....Pages 277-281
Geodynamical Studies on Deception Island: DECVOL and GEODEC Projects....Pages 283-287
Front Matter....Pages 289-289
Mawson Breccias Intrude Beacon Strata at Allan Hills, South Victoria Land: Regional Implications....Pages 291-298
What Supports the Marie Byrd Land Dome? An Evaluation of Potential Uplift Mechanisms in a Continental Rift System....Pages 299-302
A Multi-Phase Rifting Model for the Victoria Land Basin, Western Ross Sea....Pages 303-308
Rift History of the Western Victoria Land Basin: A new Perspective Based on Integration of Cores with Seismic Reflection Data....Pages 309-318
Constraints on the Timing of Extension in the Northern Basin, Ross Sea....Pages 319-326
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The Structure of the Continental Margin off Wilkes Land and Terre Adélie Coast, East Antarctica....Pages 327-340
Post-Rift Continental Slope and Rise Sediments from 38° E to 164° E, East Antarctica....Pages 341-347
Front Matter....Pages 349-349
On Seismic Strain-Release within the Antarctic Plate....Pages 351-355
Vertical Crustal Deformation in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica: Observation versu s Model Prediction....Pages 357-360
Seismic Activity Associated with Surface Environmental Changes of the Earth System, around Syowa Station, East Antarctica....Pages 361-368
Geodynamic Features and Density Structure of the Earth’s Interior of the Antarctic and Surrounded Regions with the Gravimetric Tomography Method....Pages 369-375
Some Recent Characteristics of Geomagnetic Secular Variations in Antarctica....Pages 377-381
Topographic and Geodetic Research by GPS, Echosounding and ERS Altimetric, and SAR Interferometric Surveys during Ukrainian Antarctic Expeditions in the West Antarctic....Pages 383-390
Geodetic Research on Deception Island....Pages 391-396
The Multidisciplinary Scientific Information Support System (SIMAC) for Deception Island....Pages 397-402
Archiving and Distributing Earth-Science Data with the PANGAEA Information System....Pages 403-406
Front Matter....Pages 407-407
Tracing Marine Processes in the Southern Ocean by Means of Naturally Occurring Radionuclides....Pages 409-413
Normalized Remanence in Sediments from Offshore Wilkes Land, East Antarctica....Pages 415-422
Grain Size, Mineralogy and Geochemistry in Late Quaternary Sediments from the Western Ross Sea outer Slope as Proxies for Climate Changes....Pages 423-432
Potential of the Scotia Sea Region for Determining the Onset and Development of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current....Pages 433-439
Seismic Stratigraphy of Miocene to Recent Sedimentary Deposits in the Central Scotia Sea and Northern Weddell Sea: Influence of Bottom Flows (Antarctica)....Pages 441-446
Limnology and Sedimentary Record of Radok Lake, Amery Oasis, East Antarctica....Pages 447-454
New Data Related to Holocene Landform Development and Climatic Change from James Ross Island, Antarctic Peninsula....Pages 455-459
Surface Movement of Stone-Banked Lobes and Terraces on Rink Crags Plateau, James Ross Island, Antarctic Peninsula....Pages 461-465
Soil Characteristics along a Transect on Raised Marine Surfaces on Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands....Pages 467-473