Rio Grande Plateau occurrence, Atlantic Oceani
Regional Level Types | |
---|---|
Rio Grande Plateau occurrence | Occurrence |
Atlantic Ocean | Ocean |
This page is currently not sponsored. Click here to sponsor this page.
Key
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
32° 8' South , 32° 49' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Locality type:
Sub-rounded fragments of igneous rock recovered from upper slope of a cone-shaped seamount at a depth of c. 3000 m at the SE end of submarine Rio Grande Plateau proved to be alkaline (Peive 2005).
Rock Types Recorded
Note: data is currently VERY limited. Please bear with us while we work towards adding this information!
Select Rock List Type
Alphabetical List Tree DiagramList of minerals for each chemical element
References
Sort by
Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)Woolley, A. R. (2019). Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World, Part 4: Antarctica, Asia and Europe (excluding the former USSR), Australasia and Oceanic Islands. Geological Society of London, p. 495.
Peive, A. A. (2005). Alkaline volcanism of the Rio Grande Plateau, South Atlantic. In Doklady earth sciences (Vol. 401, No. 3, pp. 391-394). Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.(Плеадес Паблишинг, Лтд).
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Atlantic OceanOcean
South America PlateTectonic Plate
This page contains all mineral locality references listed on mindat.org. This does not claim to be a complete list. If you know of more minerals from this site, please register so you can add to our database. This locality information is for reference purposes only. You should never attempt to
visit any sites listed in mindat.org without first ensuring that you have the permission of the land and/or mineral rights holders
for access and that you are aware of all safety precautions necessary.