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Quartz from
Allan Hills, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica


Locality type:Hill
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Allan Hills, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1326341
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1326341:4
GUID (UUID V4):0516d0a6-7ad4-49d3-96eb-29ee3c0b645d
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
11.3km (7.0 miles) Coombs Hills, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
21.1km (13.1 miles) Carapace Nunatak, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
77.6km (48.2 miles) Elephant Moraine 83309 meteorite, Elephant Moraine, Victoria Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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and geochemical features of the Allan Hills tephra, South Victoria Land: Implications for mid-Pleistocene...mid-Pleistocene volcanic activity in Antarctica Anastassia Y. Borisova, Klaus Peter Jochum, Sophie Gouy PII: S1873-9652(20)30003-7...and geochemical features of the Allan Hills tephra, South Victoria Land: Implications for mid-Pleistocene...mid-Pleistocene volcanic activity in Antarctica, Polar Science, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polar.2020.100505. This...geochemical features of the Allan Hills tephra, South 2 Victoria Land: Implications for mid-Pleistocene
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The First Upper Triassic Vertebrate Locality in Antarctica W.R. Hammer1,J.W. Collinson*,R.A. Askin2and W...mudstone on Mount Dearborn in southern Victoria Land, Antarctica. One specimen includes indeterminate limb...member C at Mount Dearborn and in southern Victoria Land is composed of fining-upward cycles. At Mount...channel-form, medium- to fine-grained sandstone. Quartz pebbles and cobbles occur at the base and in lenses...Triassic vertebrates in Antarctica and also of terrestrial vertebrates in Victoria Land. All previous vertebrate
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Permian Weller Formation of Allan Hills, South Victoria Land, Antarctica: Implications for paleogeography...Permian Weller Formation of Allan Hills, South Victoria Land, Antarctica: Implications for paleogeography...Permian Weller Formation of Allan Hills, South Victoria Land, Antarctica: Implications for paleogeography...D MA The Permo-Triassic Victoria Group in South Victoria Land, Antarctica, is a heterogeneous sequence...plant fossils associated with coal seams. In Antarctica, the geological record of the Late Paleozoic
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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 on acid-free...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
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and (tl/2 = 0.705 million years) 26A1 in purified quartz fractions of selected rock samples from Antarctic...generalize this result to exposed bedrock in Antarctica. In favorable cases it is possible to distinguish...on measuring 26A1 and 1°Be produced in situ in quartz. To apply this method, production rates and, in...values were experimentally determined in terrestrial quartz using glacially polished granite from the Sierra...meaningful measurements of 1°Be and 26A1 in 15 g of quartz exposed for 10,000 years at sea level, assuming
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enrichment in volcanic dust from blue ice fields, Antarctica, and possible relevance to the K / T boundary...version received January 4, 1989 Blue ice fields in Antarctica, well known as stranding zones of Antarctic meteorites...in the Lewis Cliff/Beardmore Glacier area in Antarctica, analyzed in the course of this work for major...Pleiades (Melbourne volcanic province, northern Victoria Land). Some of these dust samples were found to contain...glacial flow. Volcanic ash is deposited all over Antarctica following large eruptions and transport within
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peperite formation: coal peperite, Coombs Hills, Antarctica M.K. McClintock  , J.D.L. White Geology Department...other country rock, is exposed at Coombs Hills, Antarctica, in rocks of the Mawson Formation, where Ferrar...basalt; magma^water interaction; Ferrar Supergroup; Antarctica 1. Introduction * Corresponding author. Present...basalt in India (Hanson and Elliot, 1996). In Antarctica, the major phase of tholeiitic magmatism related..., 1982). The Mawson Formation at Coombs Hills, Victoria Land (Fig. 1), and correlative Exposure Hill
Report (chapter)
cold-based glacier activity in South Victoria Land, Antarctica C. B. ATKINS School of Geography, Environment...Environment and Earth Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, P.O. Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand...recent studies of modern cold-based glaciers in Antarctica show that, in some situations, erosion, deformation...associated with cold-based glaciers in the South Victoria Land region of the Transantarctic Mountains. It aims...cold-based glaciers in the South Victoria Land region of Antarctica. It aims to provide a basis for recognizing
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meteorites from various environments and locations in Antarctica was studied, representinga range of compositions...exposuresto the cold and low-humidity environment of Antarctica (Buchwald and Clarke, 1988). The processthat...within Antarctica, and separations by large distanceson the continent (Table l). The Allan Hills, Elephant...recovered from the baseof the mountain in the Victoria Dry Valley (King et al., 1980;Clarke, 1982a).Common...Corrosion assemblages far been retrieved from Antarctica are much less exten- often found as oxide intergrowths
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and multiple volcanic events in North Victoria Land, Antarctica: A revised stratigraphic model R. Schöner...Abstract Field investigations in North Victoria Land, Antarctica during GANOVEX IX (2005/2006) allow the...tuffs composed of fine-grained silicic shards, quartz and feldspar (new name: "Shafer Peak Formation")...events in North Victoria Land, Antarctica: A revised stratigraphic model, in Antarctica: A Keystone in...3133/of2007-1047.srp102 Introduction The Ferrar Province in Antarctica is one of the large igneous provinces that was
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history of Frontier Mountain in northern Victoria Land, Antarctica K.C. Welten a,⁎, L. Folco b, K. Nishiizumi...eroded surface near the top of Frontier Mountain, Antarctica, about 600 m above the present ice level. The...of the Transantarctic Mountains in northern Victoria Land. We argue that FRO 01149 was a local fall and...exposure ages of other summit plateaus in northern Victoria Land. © 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. ...More than 30,000 meteorites have been found in Antarctica, mainly concentrated on blue ice fields bounded
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glaciological studies. The terrestrial ages of Allan Hills meteorites vary from 2000 years to 1 million...meteorites. The oldest Allan Hills meteorites were found close to the eastern edge and in the southeast...000 meteorites have been found and collected in Antarctica over the last two decades. Although m a n y of...surveyed and studied, Y a m a t o Mountains and the Allan Hills ice fields. Reconnaissance and subsequent survey...meteorites so far from over 28 different locations in Antarctica. To explain the meteorite accumulation mechanism
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Antarctic interior, separating East and West Antarctica (Fig. 1). The geological record of the mountains...central Transantarctic Mountains and south Victoria Land, will address primarily the mid-Palaeozoic and...development of a continentalscale rift system in West Antarctica, today the site of Earth’s only marine ice sheet...the ring of Precambrian outcrops around East Antarctica that include pan-African age belts, Grenville...2015 D. H. ELLIOT We dd Sea ell 8 Dronning Maud Land Theron Mtns 0o A N TA R C T I C A 8 0 oS o Shackleton
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Mountains: Evidence for a Tunguska-like impact over Antarctica ca. 480 ka ago M. van Ginneken a,⁎, L. Folco...micrometeorite traps at Miller Butte, Victoria Land, Antarctica. Mineralogical and geochemical data obtained...plume associated with a Tunguska-like impact over Antarctica. Tunguska-like impacts have global frequencies...was recently discovered on the tops of the Victoria Land Transantarctic Mountains during the 2003 and...Sketch map of Victoria Land showing the location of Miller Butte. Inset: sketch map of Antarctica showing the
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sediment in LGM tills from the Ross Embayment, Antarctica G. Lang Farmer a,⁎, Kathy Licht b , R. Jeffrey...tills in the Ross Sea and surrounding areas, Antarctica. The purpose was to determine the provenance...the b63 μm fraction from both the western and eastern Ross Sea tills having higher εNd values (−5.8 to...to − 12.5). Tills in the eastern Ross Sea (most proximal to West Antarctica) have isotopic and chemical...compositions identical to onshore till from West Antarctica and the southern Transantarctic Mountains and
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Jurassic continental flood basalt volcanism in Antarctica as demonstrated by 4°Ar/39Ar geochronology A...along 3000 km of the Transantarctic Mountains in Antarctica and is temporally related to the break-up of...Mountains 176.8 + 0.5 Ma; south Victoria Land 176.4 + 0.4 Ma; north Victoria Land 176.6 + 0.7 Ma. Ages from...Transantarctic Mountains. The Jurassic volcanism in Antarctica represents a short episode of magmatism, comparable...remains uncertain. The Ferrar magmatic province in Antarctica (Fig. 1), through its age and tectonic setting
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com/locate/epsl Controls on subaerial erosion rates in Antarctica Shasta M. Marrero a,∗ , Andrew S. Hein a , Mark...rate cosmogenic nuclides chlorine-36 lithology Antarctica a b s t r a c t Erosion rates offer insight...weathering. Minimal chemical weathering makes Antarctica an ideal location in which to compare the physical...nuclide-derived erosion rates for carbonate rocks in Antarctica. Carbonate samples collected in the southernmost...material) affecting subaerial erosion rates in Antarctica. Statistical analysis of the compiled data set
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April 2016) Abstract – The Hanson Formation, Antarctica, consists of interbedded sandstones and tuffaceous...Jurassic, stratigraphy, geochemistry, tectonics, Antarctica. 1. Introduction Silicic magmatism may occur...Gao et al. (2011). A possible example exists in Antarctica. Eruption of the Kirkpatrick Basalt of the Lower...A N D O T H E R S Figure 1. Location map for Antarctica. Illustrated distribution of the Lower Jurassic...Ross Ice Shelf and West Antarctica (the Ross embayment) through to Ellsworth Land, and was generated during
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(F) Allan Hills A77156* Allan Hills A7729 5* Allan Hills A81189** Allan Hills 82132 ** Allan Hills 84170...84170 Allan Hills 84188** Allan Hills 84200** Allan Hills 84206** Allan Hills 84220** Allan Hills 84235**...84235** Allan Hills 84250** Allan Hills 84254** Allan Hills 85159** Allan Hills 85119 Bethune Elephant Moraine...(32) EH4 (32) EH4 (12) Allan Hills A81021 *** Allan Hills A81260*** Allan Hills 83018*** Atlanta Blithfield...compodrites are fragmental breccias, and one EH (Allan Hills A77156, sitions (Mayeda and Clayton, 1980; Clayton
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apatites in the Dry Valleys area, southern Victoria Land A.J.W. Gleadow 1 and P.G. Fitzgerald 1,2 l Department...3052 (Australia) 2 Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University, Wellington (New Zealand) Received...basement rocks of the Wright Valley in southern Victoria Land provides information about the timing, the amount...ice-cap and bounded by a major fault zone on its eastern side. Offset dolerite sills at Mt. Doorly show...They extend some 3500 km across Antarctica from northern Victoria Land to the Weddell Sea, and lie along
Report (volume)
105 to 106 year integrated meteorite flux at Allan Hills and a new approach to pairing BEVAN, A. W. R...14C terrestrial ages of meteorites from Victoria Land, Antarctica, and the infall rates of meteorites ZOLENSKY...ZOLENSKY,M. E. The flux of meteorites to Antarctica Craters and impactites GRIEVE, R. A. F. Extraterrestrial...must also be many further finds to be made in Antarctica and the Sahara. The immense Chicxulub impact...researches on optimum fields of preservation such as Antarctica and desert areas such as the Nullarbor Plain
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Larkman Nunatak in the Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica. The microtektites were identified based on their...nunataks of the Transantarctic Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctica (hereafter AUS/TAM; Folco et al., 2008;...at a low relief crest next to Allan Hills, Victoria Land, Antarctica, which is situated approximately...Larkman Nunatak in the Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica. We first describe their geochemical affinities...distal ejecta from this impact event. Until now Allan Hills has been the southernmost extension of the Australasian
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igneous province magmatism in northern Victoria Land, Antarctica L. Viereck-Goette,1 R. Schöner,1 B. Bomfleur...during GANOVEX IX (2005/2006) in Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica, indicate that volcaniclastic deposits...Kirkpatrick plateau lavas which in northern Victoria Land start with pillow lavas and small volume lava...of Ferrar Magmatism in northern Victoria Land, Antarctica, in Antarctica: A Keystone in a Changing World...Introduction The Ferrar large igneous province (FLIP) in Antarctica is one of the large mafic igneous provinces related
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destruction because of the cold and dry conditions of Antarctica. Carbon-14 has a short half-life of 5730 yr and...often observed in the Yamato ice field region of Antarctica (e.g., Beukens et al. 1988; Jull et al. 1993a;...(Y-) 75102 (L6) and Allan Hills (ALH) 77294 (H5), from the Yamato and Allan Hills ice fields, and obtained...35°30′E in the Yamato Mountains, eastern Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. The group belongs to an L chondrite...combustion of a combustion accelerator together with quartz to examine if the amount of CO2 extracted from
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due to the presence of hydrous minerals. The Allan Hills meteorites measured show stronger integrated...that the Allan Ilills meteorites are more weathered than the Yamato meteorites. The Allan Hills meteorites...(H4), Y-74191 (L3), Y-74647 (H5), Y-75097 (L6), Allan Hills, (ALH)-765 (eucrite), ALH-77003 (C3), and ALH-77299...NUEVCMERCUR',O 2:VA~IAI0-74156 3:~A~ATO-74647 4; ALAN HILLS-77299 2 ~ ' ~ , , , (F5', l (~4) , (H5)...I: A,[.FNB~ 2:YAMATO-75091 3: ALLANHILS-77003 4: ALLAN PILLS-765 .~ '~---~---~~~L) IC3) ILG) (C3~ :~U[)
 
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