Dieter K. Fütterer Detlef Damaske Georg Kleinschmidt Hubert Miller Franz Tessensohn (Editors) ANTARCTICA Contributions to Global Earth Sciences Dieter K. Fütterer Detlef Damaske Georg Kleinschmidt Hubert Miller Franz Tessensohn (Editors) ANTARCTICA Contributions to Global Earth Sciences
Proceedings of the IX International Symposium of Antarctic Earth Sciences Potsdam, 2003
With 289 Figures, 47 in color Editors Prof. Dr. Dieter Karl Fütterer Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research P.O. Box 12 01 61, 27515 Bremerhaven, Germany E-mail: [email protected] Dr. Detlef Damaske Federal Institute of Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) Stilleweg 2, 30655 Hannover, Germany E-mail: [email protected] Prof. Dr. Georg Kleinschmidt Institute for Geology and Paleontology, J. W.-Goethe-University Senckenberganlage 32, 60054 Frankfurt a. M., Germany E-mail: [email protected] Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hubert Miller Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Section Geology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Luisenstr. 37, 80333 München, Germany E-mail: [email protected] Dr. Franz Tessensohn Lindenring 6, 29352 Adelheidsdorf, Germany E-mail: [email protected]
Cover photo: Scenic impression of Marguerite Bay coastline, Antarctic Peninsula, West Antarctica (photograph: AWI). Inset left: Multispectral satellite image map of Antarctica using Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) (image: USGS). Inset right: Multibeam swath-sonar record of sub-sea volcanic structures in Bransfield Strait, Antarctic Peninsula (image: AWI).
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The almost completely ice covered Antarctic continent and the seasonally to permanently ice covered Southern Ocean surrounding it, have in no way lost their fascination and interest for geoscientists. With increasing scientific and public awareness for global change matters, the Antarctic region receives particular interest. Ongoing research on marine sediments, lake sediments and ice cores shed more and more light on climate history not only of the Antarctic region in particular but also on a global scale. For decades, Antarctic hard rock research relied on comparisons of the continent’s scarce outcrops with those of the better exposed parts of Gondwana for an understanding of the geology of Antarctica. More recently, the results of broader Antarctic research, including of the deep ocean floor, have been introduced to help understanding Gondwana accretion and dispersal as a whole. 340 participants from 28 countries registered for the IX International Symposium of Antarctic Earth Sciences, held in the magnificent premises of the Potsdam University (see group photo) from 8 to 12 September 2003. The aim of the conference was to focus on the role of the Antarctic continent and the surrounding Southern Ocean in global geodynamics and paleoenvironmental evolution. This was pursued by a number of ma- jor themes, each subdivided in a number of sessions. Oral presentations added up to 175 and about 200 posters and maps, in three poster sessions, were contributed. Out of these, about 80 contributions were submitted for publication in the Proceedings Volume and 60 papers were finally accepted after peer-review. At the beginning of planning for the IX International Symposium of Antarctic Earth Sciences the Steering Committee had discussed if it might be more appropriate to pub- lish all submitted papers in one “big, more multidisciplinary volume” – as was the tradi- tion so far – or better to publish in various more specific journals in order to maximise impact. There was a long controversial discussion which, in the end, reached no conclu- sion and the subject was kept open for consideration of the National Organising Com- mittee, which finally decided to return to the concept of all earlier Antarctic earth science symposia. As a consequence, you have this book in your hands, containing some 60 papers cover- ing the traditionally wide field of Antarctic geoscientific research. The volume is orga- nized into eight chapters, which to a large extent, follow the major themes of the sympo- sium. The contributions to the session “James Ross and Seymour Islands” and the results of the workshop on “Seymour and James Ross Island paleoenvironments across the K/T bound- ary”, held before the symposium in Potsdam, will be published by the convenors in a separate volume entitled “Cretaceous–Tertiary high-latitude paleoenvironments, James Ross Basin, Antarctica”. Another special workshop on “East–West Antarctic Tectonics and Gondwana Break-up 60° W to 30° E” was held in the general framework of this ISAES conference. Seven papers, dealing with new geophysical interpretations and regional compilations of the East Antarc- tic continental margin from the Weddell Sea to the Cosmonaut Sea off Enderby Land, were published separately in a special issue of Marine Geophysical Researches, Vol. 25 (2005).
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Scientific conferences are in no way self-organizing events but depend on great ef- forts from many people, not all of whom appear visibly on the stage. There is the International Steering Committee, which offered its generous advice, especially dur- ing the early phase of planning. There is the National Organizing Committee, which made the symposium happen, with the tremendous support of many local volun- teers, students and scientists, again unnamed. Special thanks in this field go to Claudia Kirsch, Gabriela Schlaffer and Renate Wanke at the desk of the Conference Office for their untiring efforts in helping the participants to cope with local problems, inform- ing on changes to the daily programme, and keeping the files in the symposium’s background. Many thanks go also to the leaders of the excellent field excursions held before and after the symposium, as well as for various kinds of sightseeing tours in the Potsdam area, sometimes organized ad hoc during the symposium. Last but not least, there is this book, which kept the editors busier than initially expected, so that the dream of publishing the volume within a year could not materi- alize. The book would never have materialized without the great effort of the numer- ous colleagues involved in the refereeing process. Many thanks to these colleagues!
Anandakrishnan, Sridhar, University Park Anderson, John, Houston Barrett, Peter, Wellington Beblo, Martin, Fürstenfeldbruck Behrend, John, Boulder Birkenmajer, Krzysztof, Krakow Bockheim, James, Madison Boger, Steve, Melbourne Bozzo, Emanuele, Genova Bradshaw, John, Christchurch Brancolini, Giuliano, Trieste Buggisch, Werner, Erlangen Camerlenghi, Angelo, Barcelona Capponi, Giovanni, Genova Capra, Alessandro, Taranto Cremer, Holger, Utrecht Dalziel, Ian, Austin Damaske, Detlef, Hannover Damm, Volkmar, Hannover Diester-Haass, Liselotte, Saarbrücken Dietrich, Reinhard, Dresden Eagles, Graeme, Bremerhaven Eckstaller, Alfons, Bremerhaven Ehrmann, Werner, Leipzig Eisen, Olaf, Bremerhaven Fabian, Karl, Bremen Ferraccioli, Fausto, Cambridge Finn, Carol, Denver Fitzsimons, Ian, Perth Frimmel, Hartmut, Würzburg Froitzheim, Niko, Bonn Gohl, Karsten, Bremerhaven Goodge, John, Duluth Gore, Damian, Sydney Grobe, Hannes, Bremerhaven Haak, Volker, Potsdam Harley, Simon, Edinburgh Hegner, Ernst, München Henjes-Kunst, Friedhelm, Hannover Hervé, Francisco, Santiago de Chile Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter, Cambridge Hinz, Karl, Hannover Horn, Peter, München Jacobs, Joachim, Bremen Jokat, Wilfried, Bremerhaven Kind, Rainer, Potsdam Kleinschmidt, Georg, Frankfurt a. M. Klemm, Dietrich, Dießen Kölbl-Ebert, Martina, Eichstätt Korth, Wilfried, Berlin Kraus, Stefan, München Krause, Reinhard, Bremerhaven VIII Acknowledgments
Kristoffersen, Yngve, Bergen Läufer, Andreas, Hannover Larter, Robert, Cambridge Lawson, Jenifer, Chicago LeMasurier, Wesley, Denver López-Martínez, Jerónimo, Madrid Lowry, Roy, Merseyside Lucchi, Renata, Barcelona Lukas, Sven, St. Andrews Mäusbacher, Roland, Jena Melles, Martin, Leipzig Meschede, Martin, Greifswald Miller, Heinz, Bremerhaven Morelli, Andrea, Rome Müller, Christian, Bremerhaven Nowaczyk, Norbert, Potsdam Olesch, Martin, Bremen Pankhurst, Robert, Nottingham Pfeiffer, Eva-Maria, Hamburg Poutanen, Markku, Masala Reading, Anya, Canberra Reitmayer, Gernot, Hannover Ricci, Carlo Alberto, Siena Röser, Hans, Hannover Roland, Norbert, Hannover Rowell, Albert, Lawrence Rutgers v. d. Loeff, Michiel, Bremerhaven Salvini, Francesco, Roma Saul, Joachim, Potsdam Scheinert, Mirko, Dresden Schenke, Hans-Werner, Bremerhaven Schüssler, Ulrich, Würzburg Schulz, Hartmut, Tübingen Shibuya, Kazuo, Tokyo Skinner, David, Lower Hutt Sorlien, Christopher, Tappan Steinhage, Daniel, Bremerhaven Storey, Bryan, Christchurch Studinger, Michael, Palisades Talarico, Franco, Siena Ten Brink, Uri, Woods Hole Trouw, Rudolph, Rio de Janeiro Uenzelmann-Neben, Gabriele, Bremerhaven Vaughan, Alan, Cambridge Viereck-Götte, Lothar, Jena Vogt, Steffen, Freiburg Wiens, Douglas, St. Louis Willan, Robert, Aberdeen Wilson, Christopher, Melbourne Wilson, Gary, Dunedin Winckler, Stefan, Würzburg Wise, Sherwood, Tallahassee Wörner, Gerhard, Göttingen
IX International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences Held in Potsdam (Germany) from 8 to 12 September 2003
International Steering Committee
Fred Davey, Lower Hutt, New Zealand Dieter K. Fütterer, Bremerhaven, Germany Garrik Grikurov, St. Petersburg, Russia Jerónimo López-Martínez, Madrid, Spain Hubert Miller, München, Germany Carlo Alberto Ricci, Siena, Italy Roland Schlich, Strasbourg, France Michael R.A. Thomson, Cambridge, United Kingdom Rudolf A.J. Trouw, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Peter Noel Webb, Columbus/Ohio, USA
National Organizing Committee
Detlef Damaske, Federal Institute of Geosciences and Resources (BGR), Hannover Reinhard Dietrich, Technical University of Dresden Diedrich Fritzsche, Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), Potsdam Dieter K. Fütterer, Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), Bremerhaven Hans-W. Hubberten, Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), Potsdam Georg Kleinschmidt, University of Frankfurt a.M. Heinz Miller, Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), Bremerhaven Hubert Miller, University of München (LMU) Franz Tessensohn, Federal Institute of Geosciences and Resources (BGR), Hannover Acknowledgments IX
Symposium Sponsors
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung (AWI) Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR) Cambridge University Press, UK Helicopter New Zealand LTD, New Zealand Helicopter Resources PTY LTD, Australia Kässbohrer Geländefahrzeug AG, Germany Reederei Ferdinand LAIESZ, Germany RIEBER Shipping of Norway Contents
Theme 1 History of Antarctic Research ...... 1
A. B. Ford 1.1 The Road to Gondwana via the Early SCAR Symposia ...... 3
C. Lüdecke 1.2 Exploring the Unknown: History of the First German South Polar Expedition 1901–1903 ...... 7
Theme 2 Antarctica – The Old Core ...... 13
M. Funaki · P. Dolinsky · N. Ishikawa · A. Yamazaki 2.1 Characteristics of Metamorphosed Banded Iron Formation and Its Relation to the Magnetic Anomaly in the Mt. Riiser-Larsen Area, Amundsen Bay, Enderby Land, Antarctica ...... 15
T. Kawasaki · Y. Motoyoshi 2.2 Experimental Constraints on the Decompressional P-T Paths of Rundvågshetta Granulites, Lützow-Holm Complex, East Antarctica ...... 23
S. Baba · M. Owada · E. S. Grew · K. Shiraishi 2.3 Sapphirine – Orthopyroxene – Garnet Granulite from Schirmacher Hills, Central Dronning Maud Land ...... 37
M. J. D’Souza · A. V.K. Prasad · R. Ravindra 2.4 Genesis of Ferropotassic A-Type Granitoids of Mühlig-Hofmannfjella, Central Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica ...... 45
A. K. Engvik · S. Elvevold 2.5 Late Pan-African Fluid Infiltration in the Mühlig-Hofmann- and Filchnerfjella of Central Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica ...... 55
Y. Motoyoshi · T. Hokada · K. Shiraishi 2.6 Electron Microprobe (EMP) Dating on Monazite from Forefinger Point Granulites, East Antarctica: Implication for Pan-African Overprint ...... 63
E. V. Mikhalsky · A. A. Laiba · B. V. Beliatsky 2.7 Tectonic Subdivision of the Prince Charles Mountains: A Review of Geologic and Isotopic Data ...... 69 XII Contents
A. V. Golynsky · V.N. Masolov · V.S. Volnukhin · D. A. Golynsky 2.8 Crustal Provinces of the Prince Charles Mountains Region and Surrounding Areas in the Light of Aeromagnetic Data ...... 83
A. V. Golynsky · D. A. Golynsky · V.N. Masolov · V.S. Volnukhin 2.9 Magnetic Anomalies of the Grove Mountains Region and Their Geological Significance ...... 95
Theme 3 The Continent Beneath the Ice ...... 107
A. V. Golynsky · M. Chiappini · D. Damaske · F. Ferraccioli · C. A. Finn · T. Ishihara H. R. Kim · L. Kovacs · V.N. Masolov · P. Morris · R. von Frese 3.1 ADMAP – A Digital Magnetic Anomaly Map of the Antarctic ...... 109
R. E. Bell · M. Studinger · G. Karner · C. A. Finn · D. D. Blankenship 3.2 Identifying Major Sedimentary Basins Beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet from Aeromagnetic Data Analysis ...... 117
D. S. Wilson · B. P. Luyendyk 3.3 Bedrock Plateaus within the Ross Embayment and beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, Formed by Marine Erosion in Late Tertiary Time ...... 123
I. Y. Filina · D. D. Blankenship · L. Roy · M. K. Sen · T.G. Richter · J. W. Holt 3.4 Inversion of Airborne Gravity Data Acquired over Subglacial Lakes in East Antarctica ...... 129
V.N. Masolov · S. V. Popov · V.V. Lukin · A. N. Sheremetyev · A. M. Popkov 3.5 Russian Geophysical Studies of Lake Vostok, Central East Antarctica ...... 135
S. V. Popov · A. N. Lastochkin · V.N. Masolov · A. M. Popkov 3.6 Morphology of the Subglacial Bed Relief of Lake Vostok Basin Area (Central East Antarctica) Based on RES and Seismic Data ...... 141
M. Yamashita · H. Miyamachi · M. Kanao · T. Matsushima · S. Toda · M. Takada · A. Watanabe 3.7 Deep Reflection Imaging beneath the Mizuho Plateau, East Antarctica, by SEAL-2002 Seismic Experiment ...... 147
S. Pondrelli · L. Margheriti · S. Danesi 3.8 Seismic Anisotropy beneath Northern Victoria Land from SKS Splitting Analysis ...... 155
Theme 4 Gondwana Margins in Antarctica ...... 163
C. A. Finn · J. W. Goodge · D. Damaske · C. M. Fanning 4.1 Scouting Craton’s Edge in Paleo-Pacific Gondwana ...... 165
G. Kleinschmidt · A. L. Läufer 4.2 The Matusevich Fracture Zone in Oates Land, East Antarctica ...... 175
E. Stump · B. Gootee · F. Talarico 4.3 Tectonic Model for Development of the Byrd Glacier Discontinuity and Surrounding Regions of the Transantarctic Mountains during the Neoproterozoic – Early Paleozoic ...... 181 Contents XIII
B. Gootee · E. Stump 4.4 Depositional Environments of the Byrd Group, Byrd Glacier Area: A Cambrian Record of Sedimentation, Tectonism, and Magmatism ...... 191
A. L. Läufer · G. Kleinschmidt · F. Rossetti 4.5 Late-Ross Structures in the Wilson Terrane in the Rennick Glacier Area (Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica) ...... 195
C. J. Adams 4.6 Style of Uplift of Paleozoic Terranes in Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica: Evidence from K-Ar Age Patterns ...... 205
Theme 5 Antarctic Peninsula Active Margin Tectonics ...... 215
F. Hervé · H. Miller · C. Pimpirev 5.1 Patagonia – Antarctica Connections before Gondwana Break-Up ...... 217
T. Janik · P. Þroda · M. Grad · A. Guterch 5.2 Moho Depth along the Antarctic Peninsula and Crustal Structure across the Landward Projection of the Hero Fracture Zone ...... 229
J. Galindo-Zaldívar · J. C. Balanyá · F. Bohoyo · A. Jabaloy · A. Maldonado J. M. Martínez-Martínez · J. Rodríguez-Fernández · E. Suriñach 5.3 Crustal Thinning and the Development of Deep Depressions at the Scotia- Antarctic Plate Boundary (Southern Margin of Discovery Bank, Antarctica) . . . 237
J. Galindo-Zaldívar · L. Gamboa · A. Maldonado · S. Nakao · Y. Bochu 5.4 Bransfield Basin Tectonic Evolution ...... 243
C. Pimpirev · K. Stoykova · M. Ivanov · D. Dimov 5.5 The Sedimentary Sequences of Hurd Peninsula, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands: Part of the Late Jurassic–Cretaceous Depositional History of the Antarctic Peninsula ...... 249
J. F. Dumont · E. Santana · F. Hervé · C. Zapata 5.6 Regional Structures and Geodynamic Evolution of North Greenwich (Fort Williams Point) and Dee Islands, South Shetland Islands ...... 255
S. B. Kim · Y.K. Sohn · M. Y. Choe 5.7 The Eocene Volcaniclastic Sejong Formation, Barton Peninsula, King George Island, Antarctica: Evolving Arc Volcanism from Precursory Fire Fountaining to Vulcanian Eruptions ...... 261
J. Galindo-Zaldívar · A. Maestro · J. López-Martínez · C. S. de Galdeano 5.8 Elephant Island Recent Tectonics in the Framework of the Scotia- Antarctic-South Shetland Block Triple Junction (NE Antarctic Peninsula) . . . 271
J. López-Martínez · R. A. J. Trouw · J. Galindo-Zaldívar · A. Maestro · L. S. A. Simões F.F. Medeiros · C. C. Trouw 5.9 Tectonics and Geomorphology of Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands . . . 277
M. Berrocoso · A. García-García · J. Martín-Dávila · M. Catalán-Morollón · M. Astiz M. E. Ramírez · C. Torrecillas · J. M. E. de Salamanca 5.10 Geodynamical Studies on Deception Island: DECVOL and GEODEC Projects . . 283 XIV Contents
Theme 6 Antarctic Rift Tectonics ...... 289
D. H. Elliot · E. H. Fortner · C. B. Grimes 6.1 Mawson Breccias Intrude Beacon Strata at Allan Hills, South Victoria Land: Regional Implications ...... 291
W. E. LeMasur ie r 6.2 What Supports the Marie Byrd Land Dome? An Evaluation of Potential Uplift Mechanisms in a Continental Rift System ...... 299
F.J. Davey · L. De Santis 6.3 A Multi-Phase Rifting Model for the Victoria Land Basin, Western Ross Sea . . . 303
C. R. Fielding · S. A. Henrys · T.J. Wilson 6.4 Rift History of the Western Victoria Land Basin: A new Perspective Based on Integration of Cores with Seismic Reflection Data ...... 309
S. C. Cande · J. M. Stock 6.5 Constraints on the Timing of Extension in the Northern Basin, Ross Sea . . . . . 319
J. B. Colwell · H. M. J. Stagg · N. G. Direen · G. Bernardel · I. Borissova 6.6 The Structure of the Continental Margin off Wilkes Land and Terre Adélie Coast, East Antarctica ...... 327
P.E. O’Brien · S. Stanley · R. Parums 6.7 Post-Rift Continental Slope and Rise Sediments from 38° E to 164° E, East Antarctica ...... 341
Theme 7 Antarctic Neotectonics, Observatories and Data Bases ...... 349
A. M. Reading 7.1 On Seismic Strain-Release within the Antarctic Plate ...... 351
M. Scheinert · E. Ivins · R. Dietrich · A. Rülke 7.2 Vertical Crustal Deformation in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica: Observation versus Model Prediction ...... 357
M. Kanao · K. Kaminuma 7.3 Seismic Activity Associated with Surface Environmental Changes of the Earth System, around Syowa Station, East Antarctica ...... 361
R. Kh. Greku · V.P. Usenko · T. R. Greku 7.4 Geodynamic Features and Density Structure of the Earth’s Interior of the Antarctic and Surrounded Regions with the Gravimetric Tomography Method ...... 369
A. Meloni · L. R. Gaya-Piqué · P. De Michelis · A. De Santis 7.5 Some Recent Characteristics of Geomagnetic Secular Variations in Antarctica . . 377
R. Greku · G. Milinevsky · Y. Ladanovsky · P. Bahmach · T. Greku 7.6 Topographic and Geodetic Research by GPS, Echosounding and ERS Altimetric, and SAR Interferometric Surveys during Ukrainian Antarctic Expeditions in the West Antarctic ...... 383 Contents XV
M. Berrocoso · A. Fernández-Ros · C. Torrecillas · J.M.E. de Salamanca · M.E. Ramírez A. Pérez-Peña · M.J. González · R. Páez · Y. Jiménez · A. García-García · M. Tárraga F. García-García 7.7 Geodetic Research on Deception Island ...... 391
C. Torrecillas · M. Berrocoso · A. García-García 7.8 The Multidisciplinary Scientific Information Support System (SIMAC) for Deception Island ...... 397
H. Grobe · M. Diepenbroek · N. Dittert · M. Reinke · R. Sieger 7.9 Archiving and Distributing Earth-Science Data with the PANGAEA Information System ...... 403
Theme 8 Sediments as Indicators for Antarctic Environment and Climate ...... 407
C. Hanfland · W. Geibert · I. Vöge 8.1 Tracing Marine Processes in the Southern Ocean by Means of Naturally Occurring Radionuclides ...... 409
H. Matsuoka · M. Funaki 8.2 Normalized Remanence in Sediments from Offshore Wilkes Land, East Antarctica ...... 415
M. Pistolato · T. Quaia · L. Marinoni · L. M. Vitturi · C. Salvi · G. Salvi · M. Setti · A. Brambati 8.3 Grain Size, Mineralogy and Geochemistry in Late Quaternary Sediments from the Western Ross Sea outer Slope as Proxies for Climate Changes . . . . 423
P. Barker · E. Thomas 8.4 Potential of the Scotia Sea Region for Determining the Onset and Development of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current ...... 433
A. Maldonado · A. Barnolas · F. Bohoyo · C. Escutia · J. Galindo-Zaldívar · J. Hernández-Molina A. Jabaloy · F. J. Lobo · C. H. Nelson · J. Rodríguez-Fernández · L. Somoza · E. Suriñach · J. T. Vázquez 8.5 Seismic Stratigraphy of Miocene to Recent Sedimentary Deposits in the Central Scotia Sea and Northern Weddell Sea: Influence of Bottom Flows (Antarctica) ...... 441
B. Wagner · H. Cremer 8.6 Limnology and Sedimentary Record of Radok Lake, Amery Oasis, East Antarctica ...... 447
J. A. Strelin · T. Sone · J. Mori · C. A. Torielli · T. Nakamura 8.7 New Data Related to Holocene Landform Development and Climatic Change from James Ross Island, Antarctic Peninsula ...... 455
J. Mori · T. Sone · J. A. Strelin · C. A. Torielli 8.8 Surface Movement of Stone-Banked Lobes and Terraces on Rink Crags Plateau, James Ross Island, Antarctic Peninsula ...... 461
A. Navas · J. López-Martínez · J. Casas · J. Machín · J. J. Durán · E. Serrano · J.-A. Cuchi 8.9 Soil Characteristics along a Transect on Raised Marine Surfaces on Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands ...... 467
Index ...... 475 List of Contributors
Adams, Christopher J. · (205) Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, PO Box 30368, Lower Hutt, New Zealand,
Brambati, Antonio · (423) Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Ambientali e Marine, University of Trieste, Via E. Weiss 2, 34127 Trieste, Italy Cande, Steven C. · (319) Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Mail Code 0220, La Jolla, CA 92093-0220, USA,
Diepenbroek, Michael · (403) Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, Leobener Str. 26, 28359 Bremen, Germany Dietrich, Reinhard · (357) Technische Universität Dresden, Institut für Planetare Geodäsie, Helmholtzstraße 10, 01062 Dresden, Germany Dimov, Dimo · (249) Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Department of Geology and Paleontology, Tsar Osvoboditel 15, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria,
Ford, Arthur B. · (3) Denali Associates, 400 Ringwood Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA,
Grimes, Craig B. · (291) Department of Geological Sciences and Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA Grobe, Hannes · (403) Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Am Alten Hafen 26, 27568 Bremerhaven, Germany,
Karner, Garry · (117) Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964, USA Kawasaki, Toshisuke · (23) Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, Ehime University, Bunkyo-cho 2–5, Matsuyama 790-8577, Japan,
Maldonado, Andrés · (237, 243, 441) Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra, CSIC-Universidad de Granada, 18071-Granada, Spain,
Navas, Ana · (467) Estación Experimental de Aula Dei, CSIC, Apartado 202, 50080 Zaragoza, Spain,
Rodríguez-Fernández, José · (237, 441) Departamento de Geodinámica, Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain Rossetti, Frederico · (195) Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Università Roma Tre, Largo S.L. Murialdo 1, 00146 Roma, Italy Roy, Lopamudra · (129) Institute for Geophysics, John A. and Katherine G. Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, 4412 Spicewood Springs Rd. #600 Austin, TX 78759-8500, USA; and: Department of Applied Geophysics, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad – 826004, Jharkhand, India Rülke, Axel · (357) Technische Universität Dresden, Institut für Planetare Geodäsie, Helmholtzstraße 10, 01062 Dresden, Germany Salvi, Cristinamaria · (423) Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Ambientali e Marine, University of Trieste, Via E. Weiss 2, 34127 Trieste, Italy Salvi, Gianguido · (423) Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Ambientali e Marine, University of Trieste, Via E. Weiss 2, 34127 Trieste, Italy Santana, Essy · (255) INOCAR, Unidad Convemar, Base Naval Sur, Av. 25 de Julio, via Puerto Marítimo, POX 5940, Guayaquil, Ecuador Scheinert, Mirko · (357) Technische Universität Dresden, Institut für Planetare Geodäsie, Helmholtzstraße 10, 01062 Dresden, Germany,
Þroda, Piotr · (229) Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Ks. Janusza 64, 01-452 Warsaw, Poland Stagg, Howard M. J. · (327) Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra, ACT, Australia Stanley, Shawn · (341) Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378 Canberra, 2601, Australia Stock, Joann M. · (319) California Institute of Technology, Mail Stop 252-21, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA,
Trouw, Rudolph A. J. · (277) Dpt. Geologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, CEP21949-900 Brasil,