Explora Escarpment (70°33′S 15°0′W / 70.550°S 15.000°W) is an undersea escarpment named for the Antarctic science ship F.S. Explora. The name, proposed by Dr. Heinrich Hinze of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany, was approved by the Advisory Committee for Undersea Features in June 1997.[1]
Explora Escarpment
The Explora Escarpment was aligned with the Lebombo monocline in southern Africa before the break-up of Gondwana.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Explora Escarpment". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
- ^ Jokat et al. 2003, Fig. 7a, p. 9
- Jokat, W.; Boebel, T.; König, M.; Meyer, U. (2003). "Timing and geometry of early Gondwana breakup". Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 108 (B9). doi:10.1029/2002JB001802. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
This article incorporates public domain material from "Explora Escarpment". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.