附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Weddell Sea tectonics and Gondwana break-up: an introduction / E. C. King, R. A. Livermore and B. C. Storey -- A review of geological constraints on the pre-break-up position of the Ellsworth Mountains within Gondwana: implications for Weddell Sea evolution / Michael L. Curtis and Bryan C. Storey -- Summary of palaeomagnetic results from West Antarctica: implications for the tectonic evolution of the Pacific margin of Gondwana during the Mesozoic / Vic Divenere, Dennis V. Kent and Ian W. D. Dalziel -- Geochronology of Mesozoic tholeiitic magmatism in Antarctica: implications for the development of the failed Weddell Sea rift system / T. S. Brewer, D. Rex, P. G. Guise and C. J. Hawkesworth -- Aspects of Jurassic magmatism and faulting in western Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica: implications for Gondwana break-up / G. H. Grantham -- Mesozoic and Cenozoic palaeo-stress fields of the South Patagonian Massif deduced from structural and remote sensing data / W. Reimer, H. Miller and H. Mehl -- Geodynamic evolution of the Antarctic Peninsula during Mesozoic times and its bearing on Weddell Sea history / Bryan C. Storey, Alan P. M. Vaughan and Ian L. Millar -- The geological evolution of the Falkland Islands continental shelf / P. C. Richards, R. W. Gatliff, M. F. Quinn, N. G. T. Fannin and J. P. Williamson -- The continental margin off East Antarctica between 10°W and 30°W / W. Jokat, C. Hübscher, U. Meyer, L. Oszko, T. Schöne, W. Versteeg and H. Miller -- Aeromagnetic data from the southern Weddell Sea embayment and adjacent areas: synthesis and interpretation / R. J. Hunter, A. C. Johnson and N. D. Aleshkova -- Marine gravity from Geosat and ERS-1 altimetry in the Weddell Sea / David C. McAdoo and Seymour W. Laxon -- Crustal structure of the Antarctic continental margin in the eastern Weddell Sea / W. Jokat, H. Miller and C. Hübscher -- Structure and Mesozoic evolution of the eastern Weddell Sea, Antarctica: history of early Gondwana break-up / G. L. Leitchenko
摘要:The Weddell Sea, part of the circumpolar Southern Ocean, is probably the most remote, least known and least accessible sea in the world. Difficult ice conditions have limited the acquisition of ship data, although this has been partly offset in recent years by access to satellite radar altimetry data. The Weddell Sea was originally defined by the Admiralty Hydrographic Department in 1932 and redefined by the Antarctic Place Names Committee in 1976 (Hattersley-Smith 1991). It is bounded on the western side by the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula, on the southern side by the Ronne and Filchner ice fronts, and on the southeastern side by the Dronning Maud Land and Coats Land coasts of East Antarctica (Fig. 1). The South Scotia Ridge separates the Weddell Sea from the Scotia Sea to the north and a line joining Southern Thule in the South Sandwich Islands and Kapp Norvegia in Dronning Maud Land, separates it from the South Atlantic Ocean to the NE. Within this volume, papers relate to the Weddell Sea as defined above, together with part of the adjoining South Atlantic Ocean up to 50°E, and to the geology of the once neighbouring continents of Gondwana. The term Weddell Sea embayment is also used informally throughout this volume to include the embayment area to the south of the Weddell Sea now covered by the Ronne and Filchner ice shelves, including Berkner Island, and the continental shelf north of the Ronne and Filchner ice fronts (Figs 1 & 2).
