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More than other geological events in Antarctica, whether the Borchgrevink event constitutes an orogeny is a subject of debate among geologists. After initial radiometric dating indicated the event in the late 1960s and into the 1970s, a German expedition in 1981 failed to uncover evidence of
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deformation and compressional tectonics in North Victoria Land.
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as well as igneous and metamorphic rocks found throughout
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