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The Bransfield Basin is a [[Back-arc]] rift basin located off the Northern tip of the [[Antarctic Peninsula]]. The basin lies within a Northeast and Southwest trending [[strait]] that separates the peninsula from the nearby [[South Shetland Islands]] to the Northwest.<ref name=Garcı´a>{{cite journal|last1=Garcı´a|first1=Marga|last2=Ercilla|first2=Gemma|last3=Alonso|first3=Bele´n|title=Morphology and sedimentary systems in the Central Bransfield Basin, Antarctic Peninsula: sedimentary dynamics fromshelf to basin|journal=Basin Research|date=2009|volume=21|pages=295–314}}</ref>The basin extends for more than 500 kilometers from [[Smith Island]] to a portion of the [[Hero Fracture Zone]].<ref name=González-Casado>{{cite journal|last1=González-Casado|first1=José|last2=Jorge|first2=Giner-Robles|last3=Jerónimo|first3=López-Martínez|title=Bransfield Basin, Antarctic Peninsula: Not a normal backarc basin|journal=Geology|date=November 2000|volume=28|issue=11|pages=1043–1046}}</ref> The basin can be subdivided into three basins: Western, Central, and Eastern.<ref name=Schreider>{{cite journal|last1=Schreider|first1=Al.|last2=Schreider|first2=A.|last3=Evsenko|first3=E.|title=The Stages of the Development of the Basin of the Bransfield Strait|journal=Oceanology|date=2014|volume=54|issue=3|pages=365–373}}</ref |
The Bransfield Basin is a [[Back-arc]] rift basin located off the Northern tip of the [[Antarctic Peninsula]]. The basin lies within a Northeast and Southwest trending [[strait]] that separates the peninsula from the nearby [[South Shetland Islands]] to the Northwest.<ref name=Garcı´a>{{cite journal|last1=Garcı´a|first1=Marga|last2=Ercilla|first2=Gemma|last3=Alonso|first3=Bele´n|title=Morphology and sedimentary systems in the Central Bransfield Basin, Antarctic Peninsula: sedimentary dynamics fromshelf to basin|journal=Basin Research|date=2009|volume=21|pages=295–314}}</ref>The basin extends for more than 500 kilometers from [[Smith Island]] to a portion of the [[Hero Fracture Zone]].<ref name=González-Casado>{{cite journal|last1=González-Casado|first1=José|last2=Jorge|first2=Giner-Robles|last3=Jerónimo|first3=López-Martínez|title=Bransfield Basin, Antarctic Peninsula: Not a normal backarc basin|journal=Geology|date=November 2000|volume=28|issue=11|pages=1043–1046}}</ref> The basin can be subdivided into three basins: Western, Central, and Eastern.<ref name=Schreider>{{cite journal|last1=Schreider|first1=Al.|last2=Schreider|first2=A.|last3=Evsenko|first3=E.|title=The Stages of the Development of the Basin of the Bransfield Strait|journal=Oceanology|date=2014|volume=54|issue=3|pages=365–373}}</ref> |
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| Type | Back-arc basin |
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| Region | Northwest of the Antarctic Peninsula |
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| Country | Antarctica |
The Bransfield Basin is a Back-arc rift basin located off the Northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. The basin lies within a Northeast and Southwest trending strait that separates the peninsula from the nearby South Shetland Islands to the Northwest.[1]The basin extends for more than 500 kilometers from Smith Island to a portion of the Hero Fracture Zone.[2] The basin can be subdivided into three basins: Western, Central, and Eastern.[3]
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References
- ^ Garcı´a, Marga; Ercilla, Gemma; Alonso, Bele´n (2009). "Morphology and sedimentary systems in the Central Bransfield Basin, Antarctic Peninsula: sedimentary dynamics fromshelf to basin". Basin Research. 21: 295–314.
- ^ González-Casado, José; Jorge, Giner-Robles; Jerónimo, López-Martínez (November 2000). "Bransfield Basin, Antarctic Peninsula: Not a normal backarc basin". Geology. 28 (11): 1043–1046.
- ^ Schreider, Al.; Schreider, A.; Evsenko, E. (2014). "The Stages of the Development of the Basin of the Bransfield Strait". Oceanology. 54 (3): 365–373.