User:Lgkirst/Tectonics of the Antarctic Peninsula
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The Antarctic Peninsula, just 650 miles south of South America is the most northerly portion of the continent of Antarctica. Essentially a continuation of the Andes Mountains subduction zone, the Antarctic Peninsula exhibits textbook subduction zone tectonic activity. The geologic and tectonic history of the Antarctic Peninsula spans millions of years. Throughout this span of time the plate configurations that essentially formed the Antarctic Peninsula shifted. These shifts changed the orientation of the peninsula itself, as well as the underlying volcanics associated with the subduction zone.[1]