The Ross Orogen of the Transantarctic Mountains

This book provides a detailed synthesis of the geological history of the Ross orogen of the Transantarctic Mountains.

Edmund Stump (Author)

9780521019996, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 15 September 2005

308 pages, 95 b/w illus.
28 x 21 x 1.6 cm, 0.712 kg

' … the book is an invaluable resource, bringing into focus many of the outstanding problems and providing a valuable key to the voluminous and widely dispersed literature … I would certainly recommend buying a copy. Professor Stump must be congratulated for the thoroughness of his work.' John Bradshaw, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

The Ross Orogen of the Transantarctic Mountains is the part of the orogenic system that formed at the Pacific continental margin of present-day Antarctica. According to a recent hypothesis, this continental margin was created by the rifting and subsequent drift of Laurentia from Gondwana. With an unparalleled breadth and depth of information, this book provides a detailed synthesis of the history of the Ross orogen. In doing so, it incorporates classical studies with discussions of the most recent and controversial research from the international community. The book also includes a comprehensive bibliography and a historical chronology of all expeditions that have worked on the Ross orogen in the Transantarctic Mountains, from the first sightings by Ross in 1840 right up to the present day. This review of the Ross orogen of the Transantarctic Mountains will be valuable to all geologists interested in these episodes in the Earth's history, and to researchers of the geology of Antarctica.

1. Introduction
2. Northern Victoria Land
3. Southern Victoria Land
4. Central Transantarctic Mountains
5. Queen Maud-Horlick Mountains
6. Thiel Mountains
7. Pensacola Mountains
8. Synthesis.

Subject Areas: Geology & the lithosphere [RBG]