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Gabbro from
Dorrel Rock, Marie Byrd Land, Western Antarctica, Antarctica


Locality type:Outcrop
Classification
Type:Gabbro
Age information
Maximum recorded age:53.1 ± 4.2 Ma
Minimum recorded age:44 ± 2 Ma
Sample ages:
Recorded ageGeologic TimeSampleDating method
153.1 ± 4.2 to 44 ± 2 MaEocene - K-Ar for the gabbro
Sample references:
1 -
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gabbro data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dorrel Rock, Marie Byrd Land, Western Antarctica, Antarctica
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1325570
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1325570:7
GUID (UUID V4):94d6e834-ef07-4bd0-9751-83412e9fe32c
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Trachyte, and Rhyolite Volcanoes in Eastern Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica: Controls on Peralkalinity and Silica...Trachyte, and Rhyolite Volcanoes in Eastern Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica: Controls on Peralkalinity and Silica...Trachyte, and Rhyolite Volcanoes in Eastern Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica: Controls on Peralkalinity and Silica...Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand2 Abstract In the Marie Byrd Land volcanic province, peralkaline and metaluminous...Introduction THE LATE CENOZOIC volcanic province in Marie Byrd Land (MBL) lies on the Pacific coast of the West
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
puzzles, at Mount Takahe volcano, Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica Wesley LeMasurier a,⁎, Sung Hi Choi...basanite, intermediate rocks, and pantellerites. All rock types can be adequately modeled by fractional crystallization...crystallization of basanite - the only basaltic rock exposed here. The ne-trachytes can be explained by...magma chambers. Mt. Takahe is unusual among Marie Byrd Land volcanoes for its geochemical anomalies. These...include the lowest 143 Nd/144Nd ratios in West Antarctica, and unusually high but unpredictable Ba values
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
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...we present four new analyses (U–Pb age, TDM and rock type) of detrital zircons from Neogene turbidites...Peninsula (AP) is West Antarctica, and of detritus east of the AP East Antarctica. We conïŹrm that the Central...beneath the ice in East Antarctica south and southeast of Dronning Maud Land within the Antarctic part
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
magma in a continental rift setting, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica Wesley E. LeMasurier ‱ Sung Hi Choi ‱...2011 Ó Springer-Verlag 2011 Abstract The Marie Byrd Land province includes 18 large (up to 1,800 km3)...but these rocks probably make up\10% of volcanic rock in the province. This paper describes pantellerite...rocks by fractional crystallization. Keywords Marie Byrd Land dome  Polybaric fractionation  Pantellerite...which is available to authorized users. The Marie Byrd Land (MBL) province lies within the West Antarctic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
which is presently larger than anywhere else in Antarctica (e.g. Paolo et al., 2015). Melting of Jo ur...bottom panel) of the Amundsen Sea sector of West Antarctica, including geological units discussed in the...shown as black squares. Inset: Satellite image of Antarctica, showing the borders of the ice drainage basins...calving is larger than elsewhere around re Antarctica (Liu et al., 2015), and rafting of debris by...2013). On Dorrel Rock, southwest of Mt. Murphy, a single outcrop composed of a coarse-grained gabbro, which
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
microfossils in the Prydz Bay–Wilkes Land–Ross Sea–Marie Byrd Land sector (70°–240°E) J.J. Veevers ⁎, A...Hf-isotopes Erratics Recycled microfossils Ice-covered Antarctica a b s t r a c t The age and composition of the...detrital zircons analysed for U–Pb age, TCDM, ΔHf, and rock type, including ïŹve new analyses of Neogene turbidites...red sandstone along the coast of Wilkes Land and George V Land indicate a red-bed provenance in the interior...the Earth's land area) covered by ice: (1) detrital zircons in sediment shed from Antarctica (e.g., Belyatsky
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earth scientists in the scientific exploration of Antarctica can best be judged from the fact that 7 years...geology and solid earth geophysical literature of Antarctica. It is worth noting that two important differences...where earth scientists have but a fragment of Antarctica exposed to study and at times make, in some cases...parts of Antarctica, and the infuence of new plate tecÂŹ tonic thinking not only in Antarctica but in its...Adie freedom of the SCAR nations working in Antarctica, to give to SCAR his services, for the second
Report (issue)
investigation of Cenozoic tectonics and glaciation in Antarctica by D. J. DREWRY 43 Volcanic record of Antarctic...of West Antarctica by B. s. JOHN 75 Tors, rock weathering and climate in southern Victoria Land, Antarctica...evidence of strong interfacial adhesion between ice and rock at temperatures below the melting point, so that...because of the possibility of lateral expansion of the rock into lee-side cavities. They are thus likely to...Revised MS received 9 N ovem her 197 I ABsrRACT. Rock wear by sliding ice is considered a function of
 
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