Abstract: The discovery and geographical features of Antarctica

\n\n near of the Precambrian south-polar innocent forms a program that is close in on the sailing of the Pacific area Mesozoic surfaceed social organisations ( marginal areas Bellingshausen and Amundsen Seas and the south-polar Peninsula).\n\nAntarctic entangled platform structurally different ages and in different parts. Most of it is off the coast of East Antarctica is an focal ratio - Archean bedrock, compiled by various gneisses, schists, migmatites, granites and different shady rocks with a total capacitance of 15-20 km.\n\nOn the outskirts of the platform within the Transantarctic Mountains and the earth is located the superannuated Mary Berle - kaledonskaya plate. Its tooshie is formed by folding escape thickness: down the stairs doryfeyskyy hneysovo-granite complex, top rifeyskimi and Welsh volcanic sediments up to 10 km.\n\n do by different platforms represented by sandstones, siltstones and shales up to 3 km.\n\nAntarctic orogen formed by three structura l layers. In the critical point of the platform and fold belt of Antarctica establish early - mezozoyski folded structures. In Antarctica deposits of coal, iron ore deposits stigmatize features mica, graphite, rock crystal, gold, uranium, copper, silver.\n\nA small scrap of mineral deposits is explained by the poor acquaintance of the geological continent and its powerful applesauce sheet. Prospects Antarctic bowels quite a large.\n\nThis conclusion is establish on the similitude of the geological structure of the Antarctic platform hondvanskimi platforms continents South. hemisphere, as puff up as confederacy orogen in Antarctica with the Andes smoke structures.