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Structure sections based on seismic profiler and sonobuoy data from the continental margin of Antarctica are presented and briefly discussed. Sections from the Bellingshausen Sea-Antarctic Peninsula region of West Antarctica show an undisturbed, nearly horizontal basement surface (5–6 km below sea level) that extends up to the foot of the continental slope. No evidence of subduction accompanying the development of the early Mesozoic foldbelt of the Antarctic Peninsula has been recorded.
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Houtz, R.E. (1974). Continental Margin of Antarctica: Pacific-Indian Sectors. In: Burk, C.A., Drake, C.L. (eds) The Geology of Continental Margins. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-01141-6_48
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