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Amphibolite from
South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula, Western Antarctica, Antarctica


Locality type:Island
Classification
Type:Amphibolite
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Amphibolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula, Western Antarctica, Antarctica
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1320232
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1320232:5
GUID (UUID V4):66a1ec92-c281-460f-a2c2-7957bd45e804
Localities for Amphibolite in this Region
Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula, Western Antarctica, Antarctica
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
United Kingdom 655 Metamorphic rocks in the Antarctic Peninsula region ANKE S. WENDT ∗ , ALAN P. M . VAUGHAN...VAUGHAN & ALEXANDER TATE British Antarctic Survey, Geosciences Division, High Cross Madingley Road, Cambridge...distribution of metamorphic rocks in the Antarctic Peninsula region, new quantitative peak pressure–temperature...pressure–temperature data along the Antarctic Peninsula, and a literature review on the current knowledge of metamorphic...metamorphic conditions in the Antarctic Peninsula region have been compiled into a single metamorphic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GR Focus Review High-pressure metamorphism in Antarctica from the Proterozoic to the Cenozoic: A review...2012 Available online 8 August 2012 Keywords: Antarctica Eclogite Garnet peridotite Blueschist-facies...c t The survey of high-P metamorphic rocks in Antarctica can help clarify the geodynamic evolution of...have been long forgotten (George V Land; Eyre Peninsula in Australia). Stillwell (1918) described rocks...blueschist-facies imprint. Many terranes in East Antarctica underwent a tectonometamorphic evolution during
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
evolution of a subduction complex, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica R. A. J. TROUW 1, L . S . A . SI...Island group and at Smith Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, with metamorphic ages of 120–80...crossite–epidote blueschist facies, to the lower amphibolite facies. Geothermometry in garnet– amphibole and...about 5 kbar in zone VII. Results from the other islands of the Elephant Island group are comparable to...magmatic arc, with its continuation in the Antarctic Peninsula, provides one of the best documented histories
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PAPER Magmatic evolution of the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, and implications for continental...Abstract Lavas from the South Shetland Islands volcanic arc (northern Antarctic Peninsula) have been investigated...magmatism present on both Livingston and King George islands, which may be due to a change in both subduction...available to authorized users. from the north-eastern islands indicate magma generation in a depleted mantle...basaltic oceanic crust. Lavas from the south-western islands show an additional sedimentary influence
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands D.C. Armstrong, R.C.R. WUlan British Antarctic Survey, Natural...M o deposit in an Eocene pluton within the South Shetland Island magmatic arc has been re-interpreted...in the South Shetland Island group, a 550 km long archipelago, 125 km north of the Antarctic Peninsula...largest area of such rocks (230 km 2) in the South Shetland Islands. The tonalite pluton on Barnard Point (Fig...breccias in greywake-shale rocks on nearby Hurd Peninsula (del Valle et al. 1974; Smellie et al. 1984).
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
J.A. Jones a n d K.J. M c G i b b o n British Antarctic Surt~ev, Natural Environment Research Council...traced for more than 1300 k m along the Antarctic Peninsula. Comparison of magnetic profile data after...Scotia arc (Fig. 1) includes the South American and Antarctic Peninsula margins between 50°S and 75°S,...Mesozoic/ Cenozoic magmatic arcs of the Antarctic Peninsula and South America [1,2]. Oceanic crust underlies...lithosphere beneath the intra-oceanic arc of the South Sandwich Islands [3,4]. Along the northern and southern
Book
https://archive.org/details/antarcticgeologyOOOOsymp ANTARCTIC GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS SCANDINAVIAN UNIVERSITY...- NUMBER I ANTARCTIC GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS Edited by RAYMOND J. ADIE British Antarctic Survey, Department...Birmingham, Birmingham 15, England Symposium on Antarctic Geology and Solid Earth Geophysics, Oslo, 6-15...1970, organized by the SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ON ANTARCTIC RESEARCH and sponsored by the INTERNATIONAL UNION...of Antarctica can best be judged from the fact that 7 years after the 1963 Symposium on Antarctic Geology
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
elsevier.com/locate/gr Age and composition of Antarctic sub-glacial bedrock reïŹ‚ected by detrital zircons...recycled microfossils in the Ellsworth Land–Antarctic Peninsula–Weddell Sea–Dronning Maud Land sector (240°E–0°–015°E)...Hf‐isotopes Erratics Recycled microfossils Ice-covered Antarctica a b s t r a c t The age and composition of the...zircons from Neogene turbidites as proxies of Antarctic bedrock, and review published proxies: detrital...the Antarctic Peninsula (AP) is West Antarctica, and of detritus east of the AP East Antarctica. We conïŹrm
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
TRANSVERSE GEOCHEMICAL VARIATIONS ACROSS THE ANTARCTIC PENINSULA: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE GENESIS OF CALC-ALKALINE...Magnetic activity throughout the Antarctic Peninsula and the South Shetland Islands has been dominantly of a...margin magmatic arc, similar to those from western South America. Within any one area, volcanic and plutonic...contribute to the spatial variations across the peninsula, we have proposed that an enriched subcontinentalmantle...plutonic rocks from the Antarctic Peninsula and the adjacent South Shetland Islands, with the aim of elucidating
Report (issue)
Flowerdew,1 J. S. Daly,2 and T. R. Riley3 1 British Antarctic Survey, Madingley Road, High Cross, Cambridge...Dublin 4, Ireland (stephen.daly@ucd.ie) 3 British Antarctic Survey, Madingley Road, High Cross, Cambridge...Scotia Metamorphic Complex of the South Orkney Islands, West Antarctica, average 190 ± 4 Ma. The muscovite...been accreted onto the northern Antarctic Peninsula and southern South American continent margins. Tectonic...the timing of accretion to the South American and Antarctic Peninsula Gondwana margin is difficult because
Report (chapter)
stresses: The case of Signy Island (South Orkney Microcontinent, Antarctica) A. MAESTRO1,2*, J. LÓPEZ-MARTÍNEZ2...mode trending NW–SE together with secondary north– south and NE–SW extensional stress directions. The NNW–...tectonic regime changes to extensional with north–south extensional stress directions. The early processes...sector of the Weddell Sea oceanic crust below the South Orkney Microcontinent, from the Paleocene until...and NE–SW extensional processes in the southern South Orkney Microcontinent. Finally, the NW–SE s3 direction
Report (chapter)
signatures of metasedimentary rocks around the South Pacific margin and ~implications for their provenance...Australia (e-maik maasr@unimelb, edu. au) 4British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Rd, Cambridge CB3...Australia, New Zealand, West Antarctica and the Antarctic Peninsula to southern South America. Combining with...inputs. In southern South America, West Antarctica and the Antarctica Peninsula, similar accretionary...especially in the Palaeozoic (Western Province, New Zealand, interior West Antarctica and NW Argentina), and
Report (issue)
CIRCULAR 909 Petroleum and Mineral Resources of Antarctica Work done in cooperation with the National Science...Foundation Petroleum and Mineral Resources of Antarctica By John C. Behrendt, Editor GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...Branch of Distribution, U.S. Geological Survey, 604 South Pickett Street, Alexandria, VA 22304 CONTENTS...resources in Antarctica?, by John C. Behrendt . . . . . . Mineral occurrences of Antarctica, by Peter D...· · · · · · · · · · · The Dufek Intrusion of Antarctica and a survey of its minor metals and possible
Report (issue)
The Tenth International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences (ISAES X) University of California, Santa...(listed alphabetically) Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Stanford University The National...10th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences Antarctica: A Keystone in a Changing World convened...International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences (ISAES) is the major international Antarctic geoscience meeting...2007 is sponsored by the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, the U.S. National Science Foundation
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
intrusive rocks from the Gerlache Strait area, Antarctic Peninsula: Zircon U–Pb geochronology, petrogenesis...Geochemistry Sr–Nd–Hf isotopes Petrogenesis Antarctic Peninsula a b s t r a c t This paper reports zircon...intrusive rocks from the Gerlache Strait area, Antarctic Peninsula. These intrusive rocks can be divided into... migration of magmatism in the northern Antarctic Peninsula since the Mesozoic may have been related...All rights reserved. 1. Introduction The Antarctic Peninsula is a curvilinear tectonic–magmatic belt,
Book (volume)
MARGINS Volume | The South Atlantic THE OCEAN BASINS AND MARGINS Volume 1: The South Atlantic Âą 1973 ...Department of Geology Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio Volume 1 The South Atlantic PLENUM PRESS...GĂ©ttingen, Germany Department of Geology Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio Walter C....Ohio State University, Columbus Port Elizabeth, South Africa Institute of Polar Studies Department of...Department of Geology Case Western Reserve University Department of Geology Case Western Reserve University
Book
Resources Potential of Antarctica SHL WITHDRAWN Physical Sciences ANTARCTIC OCEANOLOGY Joseph L. Reid...Reid, Editor ANTARCTIC OCEANOLOGY II: THE AUSTRALIAN- NEW ZEALAND SECTOR Dennis E. Hayes, Editor...Editor ANTARCTIC SNOW AND lcE STUDIES Malcolm Mellor, Editor ANTARCTIC SNOW AND lcE STUDIES II A. P. Crary...SoIL FORMING PROCESSES J. C. F. Tedrow, Editor ANTARCTIC DRY VALLEY DRILLING PROJECT L. D. McGinnis...PALEONTOLOGY OF THE Jarvis B. Hadley, Editor VICTORIA ANTARCTIC GEOLOGY OF THE CENTRAL 'fRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
satellite data: north-eastern Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula Amin Beiranvand Pour, Mazlan Hashim, Jong...satellite data: north-eastern Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula, Ore Geology Reviews (2017), doi: http://dx...satellite data: north-eastern Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula Amin Beiranvand Pour1,2*, Mazlan Hashim1...Yeonsu-gu, Incheon 21990, Republic of Korea Abstract Antarctica remains a remote and logistically difficult region...regions. The north-eastern Graham Land, Antarctic Peninsula (AP) was selected in this study to conduct
Report (chapter)
glacial sequences on James Ross and Vega islands, Antarctic Peninsula MICHAEL J. H A M B R E Y 1 & J O H...SY23 3DB, UK (e-mail: m]h@aber.ac,uk) 2British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council,...stability of the Antarctic Ice Sheet during the Neogene Period. The northern Antarctic Peninsula is in a critical...glacial deposits that occur on James Ross and Vega islands. They occur between a thick volcanic sequence,...west. Provenance studies indicate that the Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet expanded sufficiently to deposit
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Signy Island, South Orkney Islands B. C . STOREY & A . W. MENEILLY, British Antarctic Surwy, Natural...quartzite, marble and amphibolite are presented from Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, part of the Scotia...temperatures of approximately 545°C were reached during amphibolite facies metamorphism in the latter stages of deformation...complex as a subduction complex. Key-words: amphibolite; geochemistry; oceanic intraplate basalt; Scotia... 45'38'W) is situated within the South Orkney Islands on the south Scotia Ridge (Fig. 1). It forms part
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
blueschist intercalations in the west and (garnet) amphibolite lenses in the east. Peak metamorphic conditions...blueschist and at 11.2–13.2, 460–565  C in the amphibolite indicate subduction and accretion at different...approximately dates the peak of metamorphism in the amphibolite. The early retrograde stage of metamorphism occurred...blueschist and 6.1– 8.4 kbar, 310–504  C in the amphibolite. Both P-T paths converge within a midcrustal...fission track ages ranging from 78 to 105 Ma in the South Patagonian batholith to the east indicate earlier
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
com/locate/lithos Crustal thickening along the West Antarctic Gondwana margin during mid-Cretaceous deformation...Alison A. Dean a, Ian L. Millar b a b British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Rd, Cambridge CB3...Available online 13 March 2012 Keywords: Antarctic Peninsula Palmer Land Event Accretion Terrane Basalt...Mesozoic maïŹc dykes in eastern Palmer Land, Antarctic Peninsula, record the development of an intra-oceanic...Gondwana (comprising southern South America through South Africa, West Antarctica, New Zealand, and Victoria
Journal (issue)
three key regions were seleeted: 1) the Andes in South Ameriea and the Roekies in North Ameriea 2) the...the Paeifie Margin of the Northern Antaretie Peninsula". One step back in the Earth's history is done...lower crust, based on the migrated elements of the Western and Central Alps (Penninie to Jura); solid section...the ECORS-CROP line near the northern end of the Western Alps there is now a comparatively dense network...southern border of the Aar Massif. Adjacent to the south there is a gap, about 30 km wide, with no or doubtful
Report (chapter)
U G H A N & R. A. L I V E R M O R E British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Rd, Cambridge CB3...Triassic-Early Jurassic event is called the Peninsula Orogeny in West Antarctica (Miller 1983) and the Rangitata...event is called the Palmer Land event in the Antarctic Peninsula region (Kellogg & Rowley 1989; redated by...Dating technique/criteria Antarctica South Orkney Islands Antarctic Peninsula Pensacola Mountains Deformation...Scotia complex rocks Peninsula Orogeny affecting Alexander Island and Trinity Peninsula accretionary rocks
Book
deals with the attractive Southernmost Andes–Antarctica connection issue, which has called the attention...development and mountain building at the southern end of South America. XXII Intern Geol Congr, India, Proceedings...complex evolution. Seismicity in the southernmost South America and its complex relation with the geodynamic...Southernmost Andes and its southern neighbors: Antarctica and the Scotia Sea. The Southernmost Andes comprise...elusively, to the evolution of the Antarctic Peninsula and of the islands spread in the Southern ocean. The
 
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