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]
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]