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


Locality type:Mountain Range
Classification
Species:Calcite
Formula:CaCO3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Calcite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Royal Society Range, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1326127
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1326127:6
GUID (UUID V4):293b6405-0bb0-475c-93f8-6fe736f52ef1
Nearest other occurrences of Calcite
13.3km (8.3 miles) Dismal Ridge & Radian Ridge, Pipecleaner Glacier Region, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
50.5km (31.4 miles) Lake Bonney, Taylor Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
References
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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 Antarcticaan 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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meltwater streams in the McMurdo dry valleys,Antarctica, and for the four lakes fed by these streams...dissolution of marine-derived salts, dissolution of calcite coatings derived from chemical weathering of parent...salt which is predicted to form at present is calcite. The shallow waters of all four lakes were supersaturated...by the Kukri Hills to the south and the Asgard Range to the north. The valley floor is covered with moraines...situated between the Taylor Glacier and the Asgard Range. Lake Joyce is a proglacial lake of the Taylor Glacier
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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
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early glacial landscape evolution. Here, we use a range of morphometric analyses to constrain the nature...subsequent ice sheet evolution in the interior of East Antarctica, using a new digital elevation model of the Gamburtsev...Ma). Features characteristic of glaciation, at a range of scales, are evident across the mountains. High...evidence for early phases of glaciation in East Antarctica. The equilibrium line altitudes associated with...fluctuations in ice extent are recorded at the coast of Antarctica. The implications are that the early East Antarctic
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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 Läufera...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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determine C reservoir e¡ects in lakes: examples from Antarctica Brenda L. Hall a; *, Gideon M. Henderson b a...Dry Valleys both within and beyond the 14 C age range. ß 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved...thermal ionization mass spectroscopy; Th/U; C-14; Antarctica; lakes 1. Introduction Lakes have the potential...number of lake studies both within the 14 C age range and beyond [7^9]. Since the development of thermal...Valleys and adjacent ice-free areas in the Royal Society Range (hereafter referred to only as the Dry Valleys
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glaci-marine sediments from the Victoria Land Basin, Ross Sea, Antarctica Andrew P. Roberts,1 Leonardo Sagnotti...environmental magnetic results for sediments from the Victoria Land Basin (VLB), which span a total stratigraphic...stratigraphic thickness of 2.6 km and a ~17 Myr age range. We assess how magnetic properties record paleoclimatic...glaci-marine sediments from the Victoria Land Basin, Ross Sea, Antarctica, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth...diagenetic alteration of magnetic minerals in a wide range of environments [e.g., Thompson and Oldfield, 1986;
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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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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 prob¬ 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 tec¬ tonic thinking not only in Antarctica but in its
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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
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W. M.C. Gilbert, J.G. Liou, an THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA® Special Paper 419 : \ SS QE 511...Washington, DC 20560-0119, USA te THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA® 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)
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 ™= x ’ =]. * “a ~ \...HARRY HAMMOND HESS FOREWORD The Mineralogical Society of America on November 8 and 9, 1969, celebrated
Journal (issue)
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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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
Report (issue)
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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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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uppity species of upright walkers crossed the Bering land bridge from Eurasia into North America. As the...on shimmered around her. In this stretch of Antarctica, December 27, 1984, was a balmy summer day, the...windiest, and emptiest place on Earth. The society of meteorite hunters was pretty small when Robbie...this surface teorites most often splash down and land are usually worn sink. down by weather is covered...of adventurers willing to brave the rigors of Antarctica for the promise of these burnt offerings from
 
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