 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Phonolite Lavas at Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica by P. R. KYLE 1 , J. A. MOORE 1 , AND M. F. THIRLWALL...October 1991) ABSTRACT Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica, is an active, intraplate, alkaline volcano....crystallization process. The large volume of phonolite at Mt. Erebus requires significant basanite production...on the western margin of the Ross Embayment, Antarctica. MVG rocks in the McMurdo Sound area comprise...and trachyte (Kyle, 1990b). Ross Island comprises Mt. Erebus, an active, 3974 m high composite volcano |  | | Book | | 1985 with his map of the McMurdo Sound area of Antarctica. We are pleased to republish these paintings...Earth Sciences and Byrd Polar Research Center 1465 Mt. Vernon Ave. Marion, Ohio 43302 USA mensing.1@osu...camp in the Mesa Range of northern Victoria Land at the foot of Mt. Masley. Printed on acid-free paper...during the 1969/1970 field season. Prolog Antarctica! The very word brings to mind images of fierce...winds, bone-chilling cold, and utter desolation. Antarctica has the reputation of being a hostile place unfit |  | | Report (issue) | | soil carbonates suggest that the climate in the eastern Mojave desert has become warmer and drier since...highly alkalic potassium-rich magmatism at the eastern Baikal Rift System was controlled by a gradual...three geographic sections: western, central and eastern. Data indicate that the western part of the field...the features in this section of the field. The eastern part of this field is an alignment of several cones...basement (Mo), Eocene high-P, low-T metamorphic rocks <Mt). Miocene greenschists and amphibolites (M2), and |
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