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Spinel from
Oygarden Islands, Edward VIII Bay, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica


Locality type:Island
Classification
Species:Spinel
Formula:MgAl2O4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Spinel data
Locality Data:Click here to view Oygarden Islands, Edward VIII Bay, Enderby Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1230664
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1230664:2
GUID (UUID V4):24f420d8-298e-4cde-b32b-b856c98900f6
References
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lower crust: evidence from the Oygarden Islands, Kemp Land, East Antarctica N. M. KELLY*†, G. L. CLARKE*...2000) Abstract – Layered orthogneisses of the Oygarden Islands preserve evidence for four high-grade deformation...granulite-facies rocks in the Oygarden Group of Islands, East Antarctica, 220 provide an opportunity...zones. 2. Regional geology The Oygarden Islands in western Kemp Land (Fig. 1) form part of the c. 1000...belt that is interpreted to extend from western Enderby Land to the northern Prince Charles Mountains (Fig
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metamorphism in MacRobertson and Kemp Lands, east Antarctica J. A. HALPIN,1 G. L. CLARKE,1 R. W. WHITE2* AND...assemblages from the MacRobertson Land coastline, Rayner Complex, east Antarctica, are consistent with an ÔanticlockwiseÕ...is distinct from that of rocks in adjacent Kemp Land, 50 km to the west, where a ÔclockwiseÕ P–T–t path...accommodated in younger, fertile crust (MacRobertson Land) involving metasediments and felsic plutons with...transfer of strain to adjacent older crust (Kemp Land) subsequent to charnockite emplacement. Key words:
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Archaean-Cambrian crustal development of East Antarctica: metamorphic characteristics and tectonic implications...Archaean-Cambrian crustal development of East Antarctica: metamorphic characteristics and tectonic implications...distinct belts: the Dronning Maud Land, LtRzow-Holm Bay, Prydz Bay and Denman Glacier Belts. These high-grade...proposed in the SW US-East Antartic model. East Antarctica was not a single unified crustal block within...several continental fragments, including East Antarctica, East Africa, India and Australia [SW US-East
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microprobe constraints from the Oygarden Group, Kemp Land, East Antarctica N.M. Kelly a,*,1, G.L. Clarke...Structural Episode in the Oygarden Group of islands, Kemp Land, East Antarctica. Felsic orthogneiss that...960 Ma. The ages for regional thrusting in the Oygarden Group and the Stillwell Hills correlate, suggesting...did not affect Kemp Land until ca. 930 Ma. This age for peak metamorphism in Kemp Land is therefore 50 Myr...northern Prince Charles Mountains. The ages from the Oygarden rocks correlate with the second half of the orogenic
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in Mg–Al-rich Granulites from the Oygarden Islands, East Antarctica N. M. KELLY1* AND S. L. HARLEY2 1...silica-undersaturated metapelites from the Oygarden Group of islands, East Antarctica, preserve clear evidence for...a number of localities in East Antarctica, including MacRobertson Land (Fig. 1; Sheraton et al., 1982;...describes a new locality, in the Oygarden Group of islands, East Antarctica, where Journal of Petrology...Fig. 1. (a) Location of the Oygarden Islands in Kemp Land, East Antarctica. The map indicates the extent
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evolution of Mt. Riiser-Larsen, Napier Complex, East Antarctica, with reference to the UHT mineral associations...evolution of Mt. Riiser-Larsen, Napier Complex, East Antarctica, with reference to the UHT mineral associations...Archaean–early Proterozoic Napier Complex, East Antarctica. The area is structurally divided into the Main...and Shackleton Range; inset of Fig. 1) in East Antarctica, the Napier Complex preserves several unique...SHIRAISHI , K. (eds) Geodynamic Evolution of East Antarctica: A Key to the East– West Gondwana Connection
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polymetamorphic terranes: an example from east Antarctica Author: Jacqueline A...polymetamorphic terranes: an example from east Antarctica, Precambrian Research (2013), http://dx.doi.org/10...polymetamorphic terranes: an example from east Antarctica 8 Jacqueline A. Halpin1, 2 9 Nathan R. Daczko1...Australian Forensic Soil Science (CAFSS), CSIRO Land and Water, Urrbrae, South 17 Australia, Australia;...paragneiss from Kemp and MacRobertson lands, east Antarctica, distinguish two extensive 22 Precambrian basins:
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the Prince Charles Mountains –Prydz Bay region, East Antarctica, and their relations to supercontinent...Prince Charles Mountains (PCM)–Prydz Bay region in East Antarctica experienced the late Mesoproterozoic/early...whereas the c. 940– 900 Ma metamorphism in Kemp Land reaches relatively higher P– T conditions followed...collision of the Indian craton with a portion of East Antarctica, forming the Indian–Antarctic continental block...(PCM)– Prydz Bay region in Kemp, MacRobertson and Princess Elizabeth Lands of East Antarctica provides a
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on March 6, 2015 Geosciences research in East Antarctica (088E – 6088E): present status and future perspectives...palaeoenvironmental and palaeogeographical studies, Antarctica plays a unique role in our understanding of the...of East Antarctica, especially in the Dronning Maud Land and Enderby Land regions. Enderby Land preserves...Mesoproterozoic to Palaeozoic history of Dronning Maud Land is extremely important in understanding the formation...Present understanding of the evolution of East Antarctica in terms of global tectonics allows us to visualize
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the collision of the Lambert Terrane of East Antarctica and the Bastar–Dharwar craton. This collision...southern domain of the Eastern Ghats and the Oygardens domain of East Antarctica. The third extensional...a series of basins on the western side of the Eastern Ghats (the Chhatisgarh, Khariar, Ampani, Indravati...basins). The closing of this ocean basin during the Eastern Ghats–Rayner orogeny at ~950 Ma was related to...to the amalgamation of India and East Antarctica to form the supercontinent Rodinia. During the Neoproterozoic
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3. Osumilite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1.4. Spinel + quartz . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1.5. Other ‘metapelitic’...sapphirine; scp, scapolite; sill, sillimanite; sp, spinel; wo, wollastonite. ⁎ Tel.: +61 8 8303 4886; fax:...sapphirine + quartz in the late 1960's from Enderby Land, east Antarctica (Dallwitz, 1968; Ellis et al., 1980;...Earth and occur within ancient cratons (e.g. Antarctica, Algeria, Siberia) as well as within more recent...grid, most notably orthopyroxene + sillimanite + spinel + quartz, Annersten and Seifert (1981) conducted
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of mafic dykes from the Vestfold Block, east Antarctica X. C. LIU,1 W.-(R. Z.)WANG,1 Y. ZHAO,1 J. LIU1...Paleomagnetism and Tectonic Reconstruction of Ministry of Land and Resources, Institute of Geomechanics, Chinese...collision between the Indian craton and east Antarctica (i.e. the Lambert Terrane or the Ruker craton...dykes. Key words: early Neoproterozoic; east Antarctica; granulite facies metamorphism; mafic dykes;...exposed in Kemp Land, MacRobertson Land and Princess Elizabeth Land of east Antarctica, there exist four
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biotite–sapphirine –spinel–cordierite–orthopyroxene –corundum–potash feldspar; (ii) corundum– chlorite–spinel–magnetite...is situated near the northeastern margin of the Eastern Dharwar craton about 150 km NNE of Hyderabad (Fig...belt (Windly et al., 1984; Droop, 1989), East Antarctica (Kelly and Harley, 2004), and central Sri lanka...Setting Karimnagar constitutes a north-eastern part of the Eastern Block of the Dharwar craton and fringes...of the granulites toward the northeast of the Eastern Block of the Dharwar craton is in contrast to prograde
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Title: Multi-stage metamorphism in the Rayner–Eastern Ghats Terrane: P–T–t constraints from the northern...northern Prince Charles Mountains, east Antarctica Author: Laura J. Morrissey Martin Hand David E. Kelsey...from the northern Prince Charles Mountains, east Antarctica, Precambrian Research (2015), http://dx.doi.org/10...thermal gradients are similar to those in the Eastern Ghats Province in India. pt - Ac ce 1 2 3 4...81 1 Multi-stage metamorphism in the Rayner–Eastern Ghats Terrane: P–T–t constraints 2 from the northern
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Palaeoproterozoic Rayner Belt Prydz Belt East Antarctica Zircon dating a b s t r a c t The North Mawson...Prince Charles Mountains, OyS—Oygarden Group and Stillwell Hills, RI—Rauer Islands, RK—Ruker Complex, SPCM—Southern...geographic regions between Princess Elizabeth and Enderby Lands since the beginning of the Proterozoic. But...Complex (or possibly with Terra AdĂ©lie/George V Land much further east, 141–145◩ E, see Peucat et al...to coastal exposures in the Amery Ice Shelf–Prydz Bay region (see below). They consist mainly of 1080–1060
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tectonic framework of Peninsular India. EGMB (Eastern Ghats Mobile Belt) and ADMB (Aravalli–Delhi Mobile...sillimanite ± plagioclase ± spinel associations. In the melanocratic layers, garnet–spinel– sillimanite–corundum...in this outcrop is composed of alternate garnet–spinel–sillimanite–corundum–biotite–plagioclase–perthite...occasionally rimmed by rare K-feldspar–spinel1 with spinel preferentially adjoining sillimanite in contact...the following order: biotite–sapphirine– garnet–spinel. In the following section, using textural and compositional
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reworking of ultrahigh temperature granulites in the Eastern Ghats Province, India Ruairidh J. Mitchell1,2 |...Running title: Evolution of UHT granulites in the Eastern Ghats Abstract The timescales and P–T conditions...heterogeneous cordierite–spinel-bearing granulites from Vizianagaram, Eastern Ghats Province (EGP), India...bearing garnet–sillimanite–spinel and others bearing orthopyroxene–sillimanite–spinel. These mineral associations...the Rayner terrane, Eastern Ghats Province and cratonic India. KEYWORDS Eastern Ghats Province, phase
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Cambrian High-temperature Reworking of the Rayner–Eastern Ghats Terrane: Constraints from the Northern Prince...Prince Charles Mountains Region, East Antarctica Laura J. Morrissey1,*, Martin Hand1, David E. Kelsey1...Ice Shelf region of the Rayner Complex, East Antarctica, record high-temperature reworking during Cambrian...Cambrian has previously been recognized in the Prydz Bay region at the margin of the Rayner Complex, but not...in the northern Prince Charles Mountains. The Eastern Ghats Province in India, which was formerly contiguous
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sillimanite; ky, kyanite; als, aluminosilicate; sp, spinel; cd, cordierite; osm, osumilite; crn, corundum;...sillimanite, cordierite, corundum, biotite and spinel, thus making them potentially useful for elucidating...silicaundersaturated granulite from the Rauer Group, east Antarctica, with existing P–T information derived from quartz-bearing...sillimanite by a corona of cordierite. Plagioclase or spinel may also occur within the sapphirine + cordierite...coarse-grained garnet (see Table 1 for references). Spinel or sillimanite may occur in variable quantities
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reworking of UHT aluminous granulites from the Eastern Ghats Belt, India KAUSHIK DAS 1*, SANKAR BOSE 2...suite of granulites from the central part of the Eastern Ghats Belt (EGB), India unveils polyphase tectonothermal...recorded in the rocks of the Rayner Complex of east Antarctica, thereby strengthening the notion of Indo-Antarctic...29 March 2010 KEY WORDS deep crustal reworking; Eastern Ghats Belt; India; UHT aluminous granulites; zircon...Complex in east Antarctica (Harley and Hensen, 1990; Harley, 2003) and the Proterozoic Eastern Ghats Belt
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Mawson Escarpment, Prince Charles Mountains, Antarctica Adrian F. Corvino a,∗ , Christopher J.L. Wilson...Prydz Belt Lambert Complex Palaeoproterozoic East Antarctica Rodinia a b s t r a c t Part of East Antarctica’s...when this continental fragment of pre-Rodinia Antarctica collided with India around 960–905 m.y. ago....association with Rodinian and Gondwanan orogens in East Antarctica, i.e. the Rayner and Prydz Belts. © 2010 Elsevier...tectonic conïŹguration of these India–Antarctica and Australia–Antarctica landmasses has not been made entirely
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the occurrence of coexisting garnet + corundum in spinel- and corundum- T bearing, garnet-sillimanite-biotite-graphite...sillimanite, plagioclase, alkali-feldspar, corundum, spinel and biotite. Grt1 encloses rare Ti- MA rich biotite...apatite rods. Grt2 contains rare sillimanite and/or spinel inclusions. Corundum occurs in mutual contact with...quartz (Shaw and Arima, 1996; Osanai et al., 2006), spinel + quartz (Caporuscio and Morse, 1978; Dasgupta...metamorphic terrain in Japan (Osanai et al., 1998), Eastern Ghats in India (Sengupta et al., 1999), Ouzzal
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oxidation state on sapphirine, orthopyroxene and spinel stabilities and quantifying the effects of H2O–CO2...+ Opx + Qz assemblage, Mount Rüser–Larsen, Enderby Land. Opx in this granoblastic texture contains up...Complex Opx + Sil + Qz assemblage, Mount Renouard, Enderby Land. Opx contains up to 11 wt% Al2O3. Mesoperthitic...Brusilov, Enderby Land. (d) Early sapphirine in a Spr + Opx + Crd assemblage, ForeïŹnger Point, Enderby Land...ferroaugite from a metaironstone, Tonagh Island, Enderby Land (Harley, 1987). well-documented case studies
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Events, Southern Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica 1 DISCIPLINE OF EARTH SCIENCES, SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL...from the southern Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica has been carried out to unravel the P^Tconditions...Early Neoproterozoic collision between India and Antarctica, and (2) rock fertility (i.e. availability of...far-field stresses generated by a collision of India^Antarctica with the Mawson Craton. I N T RO D U C T I O...MacRobertson to Princess Elizabeth Land sector of East Antarctica is a collage of Archaean^Mesoproterozoic
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most prominent among which is the triple corona of spinel–sapphirine–cordierite on corundum, with the whole...observed on the rim of gedrite porphyroblasts with spinel occurring as relict inclusions within the sapphirine...sapphirine, orthopyroxene, garnet, sillimanite, spinel, gedrite, cordierite, corundum and biotite thus...due to laterite cover. At SGL, gedrite–corundum–spinel–sapphirine–cordierite and orthopyroxene–sillim...kyanite/sillimanite together with gedrite, cordierite, spinel and sapphirine. The third locality is at Mettanganam
 
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