Charcot Plate

Fragment of the Phoenix tectonic plate fused to the Antarctic Peninsula

The Charcot Plate was a fragment of the Phoenix Plate.^[1] The subduction of the Charcot Plate, beneath West Antarctica, stopped before 83 Ma, and became fused onto the Antarctic Peninsula.^[2] Researchers have suggested that there are remnants of the western part of the Charcot Plate in the Bellingshausen Sea.^[2]

References

^ Eagles G, Gohl K, Larter RD (2004-07-10). "High-resolution animated tectonic reconstruction of the South Pacific and West Antarctic Margin" (PDF). Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 5 (7). Q07002. Bibcode:2004GGG.....5.7002E. doi:10.1029/2003GC000657.
^ ^a ^b Larter RD, Cunningham AP, Barker PF, Gohl K, Nitsche FO (2002-12-13). "Tectonic evolution of the Pacific margin of Antarctica, 1, Late Cretaceous tectonic reconstructions" (PDF). J. Geophys. Res. 107 (B12): 2345. Bibcode:2002JGRB..107.2345L. doi:10.1029/2000JB000052.