@article{fdi:010053136, title = {{P}aleomagnetism and tectonics of the {S}outh {S}hetland {I}slands and the northern {A}ntarctic {P}eninsula}, author = {{P}oblete, {F}. and {A}rriagada, {C}. and {R}operch, {P}ierrich and {A}studillo, {N}. and {H}erve, {F}. and {K}raus, {S}. and {L}e {R}oux, {J}. {P}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{N}ew paleomagnetic data presented here from 61 sites in {P}aleozoic, {M}esozoic and {C}enozoic igneous and sedimentary rocks from the {A}ntarctic {P}eninsula and the {S}outh {S}hetland {I}slands constrain the relative motion of the {A}ntarctic {P}eninsula since the mid-{C}retaceous and allow the quantification of tectonic rotation between the different blocks recognized within the area. {P}aleozoic and {J}urassic results failed the fold test and suggest an important remagnetization in the area. {T}he similarity between these results and those obtained from {C}retaceous intrusives indicates a mid-{C}retaceous age for the remagnetization. {T}he paleopoles obtained for the different blocks and for different ages suggest that there is no relative rotation among them. {T}hese combined results allow us to obtain a {C}retaceous (90 {M}a) and {P}aleocene (60 {M}a) paleopole. {T}hese paleopoles document a very low apparent polar wandering of the {A}ntarctic {P}eninsula for the last 100 {M}a.}, keywords = {{A}ntarctic {P}eninsula ; {S}outh {S}hetland {I}slands ; {G}ondwana ; paleomagnetism ; {C}retaceous ; {C}enozoic}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{E}arth and {P}lanetary {S}cience {L}etters}, volume = {302}, numero = {3-4}, pages = {299--313}, ISSN = {0012-821{X}}, year = {2011}, DOI = {10.1016/j.epsl.2010.12.019}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010053136}, }