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Plagioclase from
Royal Society Range, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica


Locality type:Mountain Range
Classification
Species:'Plagioclase' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:(Na,Ca)[(Si,Al)AlSi2]O8
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Plagioclase data
Locality Data:Click here to view Royal Society Range, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1326114
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1326114:2
GUID (UUID V4):d127f47e-455b-4e2b-8964-e5c38018e8db
Nearest other occurrences of Plagioclase
41.5km (25.8 miles) ⓘMt Morning, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
60.0km (37.3 miles) ⓘMason Spur, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
63.3km (39.3 miles) ⓘBrown Peninsula, Ross Archipelago, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
78.9km (49.0 miles) ⓘMount Morning, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
83.7km (52.0 miles) ⓘBlack Island, Ross Archipelago, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
References
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Report (issue)
Diabase Sheets of the Taylor Glacier Region Victoria Land, Antarctica GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL Work... Diabase Sheets of the Taylor Glacier Region Victoria Land, Antarctica By WARREN HAMILTON With sections on PETROGRAPHY...NANCY CONKLIN CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GEOLOGY OF ANTARCTICA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 456-B ...Comparative petrology_____-___________________-____ Antarctica.____________________________________ McMurdo...Beacon Heights area, Victoria Land, Antarctica.__________ In pocket Index map of Antarctica. -____________
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Neoproterozoic–early Paleozoic Ross orogeny, Antarctica: Insights into magmatic sources and processes...Neoproterozoic–early Paleozoic Ross orogeny, Antarctica: Insights into magmatic sources and processes...Neoproterozoic–early Paleozoic Ross orogeny, Antarctica: Insights into magmatic sources and processes...intrusive igneous rocks along the Ross orogen of Antarcticaï‚Ÿan ancient accretionary orogen on the margin...~500-km-long segment of the arc in southern Victoria Land. The conspicuous occurrence of carbonatite and
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zircons of the Ross Orogen in northern Victoria Land, Antarctica Solveig Estrada, Andreas Läufer, Katja...zircons of the Ross Orogen in northern Victoria Land, Antarctica, Gondwana Research (2015), doi: 10.1016/j...zircons of the Ross Orogen in northern Victoria Land, Antarctica IP Solveig Estradaa, Andreas LĂ€ufera...Ross-Delamerian orogenic belt was formed along the eastern side of the Australian-East TE Antarctic continent...early CE P Palaeozoic. Northern Victoria Land (NVL) in Antarctica was located at a central position
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metamorphics and intrusives of the Ross orogen, Antarctica T.S. Paulsen a,⁎, J. EncarnaciĂłn b, A.M. Grunow...Keywords: Ross orogen U–Pb 40 Ar–39Ar Gondwana Antarctica a b s t r a c t We present new U–Pb zircon and...northern–eastern ‘outboard’ edge of the Ross orogen in the Queen Maud and Horlick mountains, Antarctica. U–Pb...arcs, and para-authochthonous terranes of West Antarctica that formed during accretionary processes along...Transantarctic Mountains, a major rift ïŹ‚ank mountain range located on the margin of the Mesozoic–Cenozoic West
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
convergent margin dynamics in the Ross orogen, Antarctica G. HAGEN-PETER,1,2 J. M. COTTLE,1 M. SMIT3 AND...Dunedin, New Zealand ABSTRACT The Ross orogen of Antarctica is an extensive (>3000 km-long) belt of deformed...earth element zoning and preserves Lu–Hf dates that range from c. 616– 572 Ma. Conversely, monazite in the...targeted because of their widespread occurrence in a range of rock types. Ideally, the growth or recrystallization...Liu et al., 2006), and monazite may grow over a range of prograde conditions, from greenschist to granulite
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1985 with his map of the McMurdo Sound area of Antarctica. We are pleased to republish these paintings...illustration: A tent camp in the Mesa Range of northern Victoria Land at the foot of Mt. Masley. Printed...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...worked there have a very different impression of Antarctica. To us it is a place of unsurpassed beauty where
Report (chapter)
(Beacon Supergroup): the Devonian sediments of Antarctica MARGARET A. BRADSHAW Department of Geological...that extends from West Antarctica into southern Africa. In southern Victoria Land (McMurdo Basin) the seven...sediment. Shallow-water Devonian sediments in the Ohio Range contain a marine fauna linked with those of the...Pacific margin in northern Victoria Land to Dronning Maud Land on the eastern margin of the Weddell Sea...Sea (Fig. 1). Within East Antarctica, similar rocks occur at Horn Bluff and in the northern Prince Charles
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
petrologic geotherm from a continental rift in Antarctica J o n a t h a n H. Berg, R i c h a r d J. Moscati...volcanic rocks in the vicinity of McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. 99 2. Geologic setting The Transantarctic...Cenozoic alkaline volcanism [24,25]. In addition to plagioclase, orthopyroxene, and clinopyroxene, the two-pyroxene...intergrowths of olivine and plagioclase. Most of the rocks are equigranular and range from an annealed texture...the absence of coexisting primary olivine and plagioclase in inclusions from the Transantarctic Mountains
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
fraction of the Cenozoic Pagodroma Group, East Antarctica: implications for determining provenance Werner...in the northern Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica, is a glaciomarine succession of fjordal character...onshore investigations have not employed the same range of techniques as have offshore drilling projects;...Mountains Formation Bardin Bluffs Altitudinal range (m) 0 – 70 + Battye Glacier 316 – 486 Fisher...climatic conditions on the adjacent continental land masses (e.g. Biscaye, 1965; Griffin et al., 1968;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
early Paleozoic Antarctic margin of Gondwana in Victoria Land S. Rocchi a,⁎, L. Bracciali a,1, G. Di Vincenzo...2010 Keywords: Magmatic arc Backarc Accretion Antarctica Ross-Delamerian Orogeny a b s t r a c t The...margin. Models for the Ross Orogen in northern Victoria Land are based on terranes having a variable provenance...potassic magmatism in central and southern Victoria Land. © 2010 International Association for Gondwana...remnants of the Ross Orogen exposed in Victoria Land (Antarctica) located at the Southern Ocean termination
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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...geophysics and geology, has tended to increase the range of the probÂŹ lems rather than presenting any neat...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
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.... The strongly undersaturated sodic lavas range from basanite to anorthoclase phonolite, and are termed...on the western margin of the Ross Embayment, Antarctica. MVG rocks in the McMurdo Sound area comprise...comprise the Erebus volcanic province and range from basanite to phonolite and trachyte (Kyle, 1990b). Ross
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Xenoliths from Foster Crater, McMurdo Volcanic Group, Antarctica by J. A. GAMBLE 1 AND P. R. KYLE 2 (Received...spinel-wehrlite xenoliths from Foster Crater, Antarctica has reacted with host olivine (Fo 7J _ 79 ) and...clinopyroxene together with later rhonite and plagioclase. Electron microprobe analyses of the glasses...of Earth Sciences, Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington, Private Bag, Wellington...foot-hills of the Transantarctic Mountains (Royal Society Range). Map shows location of other crustal and
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...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...located deep-sea (turbiditic) sand; (2) erratics on land and offshore; and (3) recycled microfossils. Ice
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I ~- , Mineral Resources Potential of Antarctica SHL WITHDRAWN Physical Sciences ANTARCTIC...NORTHERN LAND Edmund Stump, Editor GEOLOGY AND PALEONTOLOGY OF THE Jarvis B. Hadley, Editor VICTORIA ANTARCTIC...Editor METEOROLOGICAL 8nmIES AT PLATEAU STATION, ANTARCTICA Joost A. Businger, Editor OCEANOLOGY OF THE...J. Rubin, Editor UPPER ATMOSPHERE RESEARCH IN ANTARCTICA L. J. Lanzerotti and C.G. Park, Editors THE...SUB-ANTARCTIC George E. Watson ENTOMOLOGY OF ANTARCTICA J. Linsley Gressitt, Editor HUMAN ADAPTABILITY
Report (issue)
W. M.C. Gilbert, J.G. Liou, an THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICAŸ Special Paper 419 : \ SS QE 511...Washington, DC 20560-0119, USA te THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICAŸ Special Paper 419 3300 Penrose Place...USA 2007 Wh Copyright © 2007, The Geological Society of America, Inc. (GSA). All rights reserved. GSA...noncommercial, nonprofit purposes, contact the Geological Society of America. Written permission is required from...their employment. Published by The Geological Society of America, Inc. 3300 Penrose Place, P.O. Box 9140
Report (issue)
International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences Antarctica: A Keystone in a Changing World convened at the...Antarctic Earth science. The topics to be covered range from supercontinents to DNA, from dinosaurs to diatoms...the polar regions is imperative for our global society, global economy, and global environment. As study...change is core to all Earth science, knowledge of Antarctica and Antarctic Earth science has never been more...basis for decades of future research programs. Antarctica is a global keystone in the Earth system. Antarctic
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martian meteorite tells how she found the rock in Antarctica. 8 Uncovering Martians Hidden Alnong Us: The...on another world. As members of The Planetary Society, we have a role to play in enabling that search;...against the claim that the meteorite found in Antarctica contains evidence of ancient life on Mars. 20...as to The Planetary Society and its members . Departlnents 24 25 26 28 Society Nevvs Nevvs and Reviemts...Ansvvers Contact Us Mailing Address: Th e Planetary Society, 65 North Catal ina Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91106-
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PAPER NO. 3 Mineralogical Society of America Mineralogical Society Special Paver: of America...and 9, 1969. Evaporites of the Founding of the Society, Atlantic City, New Editor BENJAMIN A. MORGAN...Coordinating Editor WILLIAM T. HOLSER Published by the Society e 1970 St ho eo JUL of AND E. F. OSBORN ~... ~ 7 Copyricnt, 1970, By MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA ~ > ~ << Sass ℱ= x ’ =]. * “a ~ \...HARRY HAMMOND HESS FOREWORD The Mineralogical Society of America on November 8 and 9, 1969, celebrated
Book (volume)
2B Second edition Published by The Geological Society Kent Retayerm 7 a ROCK-FORMING MINERALS...Manchester The Geological Society London 1997 THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY The Society was founded in 1807 as...Geological Society of London and is the oldest geological society in the world. It received its Royal Charter...mineral structure of the Earth’. The Society is Britain’s national society for geology with a membership of...approximately 1000 members reside overseas. The Society is responsible for all aspects of the geological
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Stratigraphic studies ........................ . Basin and Range region ........................ . Stratigraphic............................. . Paleozoic of the Eastern States .................. . Page A76 76 77 77...Francisco Bay region .................... . Gabilan Range .......................‱..... Santa Monica-Baja...Pittsburgh regiOnal studies ............... . Front Range urban corridor, Colorado ............ . Phoenix-Tucson...Environmental geochemistry ...................... . Land subsidence ................................ . Astrogeology
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Geochemical prospecting for copper in the Rocky Range, Beaver County, Utah, by R. L. Erickson and A. P...--------------66. A sample of California Coast Range landslides, by M.G. Bonilla ___________________...Burns __________________________ _ Geology of Eastern United States 74. Pre-Silurian stratigraphy in...geological interpretation of a Triassic structure in eastern,Pennsylvania, by Isidore Zietz and Carlyle Gray...Geology of Eastern United States-Continued 0 80. Taconic and post-Taconic folds in eastern Pennsylvania
 
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