East Antarctica
region, Antarctica
Also known as: Gondwana province, Greater Antarctica
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Antarctica
- In Antarctica: Structural framework
…long, stable Precambrian shield in East Antarctica and a much younger Mesozoic and Cenozoic mobile belt in West Antarctica—separated by the fault-block belt, or horst, of the Transantarctic Mountains. East and West Antarctica have come to be known respectively as the Gondwana and Andean provinces, indicating general affinities of each…
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