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Almandine from
Bunger Hills, Queen Mary Coast, Wilkes Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica


Locality type:Hill
Classification
Species:Almandine
Formula:Fe32+Al2(SiO4)3
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Almandine data
Locality Data:Click here to view Bunger Hills, Queen Mary Coast, Wilkes Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:321756
Long-form Identifier:1:3:321756:6
GUID (UUID V4):0a64c537-d9e9-4f55-9d2b-2b1b6bb6c7f0
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samples recovered from the Batavia Knoll in the eastern Indian Ocean demonstrate it is a rifted continental...place Australo-Antarctica near the equator (Wingate and Giddings, 2000) and Indo–Antarctica well north of...relative plate motion between Indo–Antarctica and Australo– Antarctica was required for final Gondwana amalgamation...the previously unsampled Batavia Knoll in the eastern Indian Ocean (Fig. 1b), a submerged microcontinent...spreading history between Greater India and Australia–Antarctica during the Cretaceous breakup of East NU Gondwana
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Editor: A.R.A. Aitken Keywords: Gondwana East Antarctica Kuunga Orogen Zircon age Hf-isotopes Reconstruction...mapped from geophysical interpretations in Wilkes Land, Antarctica. New isotopic data suggest that basement...margins involve numerous microcontinents (e.g., east coast of Australia, Gaina et al., 1998) that affect the...spreading history between Greater India and Australia–Antarctica ⁎ Corresponding author. Tel.: +61 2 9850 8371...above are compounded by the limited outcrop in Antarctica (e.g., Boger, a) 100°E 110°E 120°E ZP N
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Proterozoic granulite-facies terrane the Bunger Hills, East Antarctica John W. Sheraton a, Lance P. Blacka...Proterozoic granulite-facies tcrrane ---the Bunger Hills, East Antarctica. Chem. Geol., 97: 163-198. Several compositionally...monzogabbro, granite, quartz monzodiorite ) in the Bunger Hills were emplaced at depths of ~ 20 km over a relatively...been a major factor in the petrogenesis of the Bunger Hills magmas, but cannot be entirely discounted, particularly...Introduction The Bunger Hills, together with nearby islands and the Obruchev Hills to the southwest,
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peak metamorphism: an example from the Bunger Hills, East Antarctica Naomi M. Tucker, Martin Hand, David...peak metamorphism: an example from the Bunger Hills, East Antarctica, Precambrian Research (2018), doi: https://doi...peak metamorphism: an example from the Bunger Hills, East Antarctica a a a,b c d Naomi M. Tucker *,...evolution of the Bunger Hills, East Antarctica. Metasedimentary rocks in the Bunger Hills record evidence...to constrain the metamorphic evolution of the Bunger Hills and to interpret these constraints within the
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Abstract. Archaean gneisses of the Vestfold Hills of East Antarctica are transected by several compositionally...classic dyke-swarm terrain within the Vestfold Hills of Antarctica, provides crucial information on how to date...importantly how n o t to date, mafic rocks. The Vestfold Hills The East Antarctic Shield is composed essentially...Enderby Land (Black et al. 1986), the 184 Southern Prince Charles Mountains of MacRobertson Land (Tingey...the Vestfold Hills of Princess Elizabeth Land (Black et al., in press). The Vestfold Hills are a granulite-facies
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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 tec¬ 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
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southwestern Australia, and their correlation with Antarctica South Asia within the Gondwanaland ensemble DASGUPTA...Indo-Antarctic Correlation: a perspective from the Eastern Ghats Granulite Belt, India DOBMEIER, C. J. & RAITH... M. Crustal architecture and evolution of the Eastern Ghats Belt and adjacent regions of India BRAUN...evolution of southernmost India and Sri Lanka Antarctica and its role in the Gonwanaland assembly HARLEY...Archaean-Cambrian crustal development of East Antarctica: metamorphic characteriscs and tectonic implications
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257-266 A decompressional P-T path, Reinbolt Hills, East Antarctica G . T. NICHOLS AND R . F . B E R R Y Geology...ABSTRACT Granulites exposed in the Reinbolt Hills, East Antarctica, are part of the extensive Late Proterozoic...Proterozoic granulite complex of East Antarctica, which includes the Rauer Group to the east and the northern...erosion or extensional collapse. Key words: Antarctica; crustal thickening; decompression; granulites;...The Reinbolt Hills form part of a N-S-trending belt of nunataks, exposed on the eastern side of the Lambert
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Granulites from the McKaskle Hills, Eastern Amery Ice Shelf, Antarctica, and Implications for the Evolution...gneisses from the McKaskle Hills, eastern Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica. Garnet-bearing mafic granulites...population at 500 Ma. This suggests that the McKaskle Hills form part of the Prydz Belt, and that the relatively...indicate that the Precambrian history of the McKaskle Hills is not only distinct from that of the early Neoproterozoic...Cambrian metamorphism; P^T path; Prydz Belt; East Antarctica KEY WORDS: I N T RO D U C T I O N One of the
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from the southern Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica: implications for the formation of Gondwana S...These results indicate that large areas of East Antarctica were thickened and rapidly exhumed, probably...Prydz Bay–Prince Charles Mountains region of East Antarctica marks one of the fundamental lithospheric boundaries...Gondwana. Key words: continent collision; East Antarctica; Gondwana; Pan-African; Prince Charles Mountains...the Napier and Rayner Provinces of East Antarctica, to the eastern margin of West Gondwana; and (iii) the
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pyrope-rich, grossular-poor and spessartinepoor almandine. The S1 garnet grains in sample 3516 are not zoned...well-developed S2 assemblages have a strongly zoned almandine content, typically with cores of XFe= 0.74 and...Spessartine content may increase with increasing almandine content. In the metapelites from Cohn Hill, biotite...mixing and intraplutonic quenching in the Wingellina Hills Intrusion, Giles Complex, central Australia. Journal...assemblages and corona textures from MacRobertson Land, east Antarctica: the importance of FQO, and TiO, in accounting
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orogen, Rayner Complex, Colbeck Archipelago, east Antarctica Richard W. White and Geoffrey L. Clarke Department..., 1980) in Kemp and MacRobertson Lands, east Antarctica involve Archaean rocks that were tectonically...Island Kemp Peak e,.Ti /// i ", f .; , Stillwell Hills . ,: e.... ;O,~Oec'y" . # • Robinson Group ...rock exposures along the MacRobertson and Kemp Land coast. tion. The evolution of high-grade rocks forming...granulite facies form the Napier Complex in Enderby Land, which is bounded to the south, east and west by
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granulite facies assemblages including kyanite and almandine– pyrope garnet, whereas those in the Langavat...Laxfordian granite-injection complex on its north-eastern side, although this latter margin is not clearly...within garnetiferous mafic gneisses on the north-eastern margin of this belt. The banded quartzofeldspathic...4. Pelitic gneiss Garnet porphyroblasts are almandine–pyrope-rich. The X Prp [Mg/(Fe+Mg+Ca+Mn)] is up...rocks in the dextral shear zone along the western coast (Coward, 1984; Graham, 1980), whereas muscovite
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drifted gradually towards the northern margin of Eastern Gondwana (e.g. Li et al. 2008, 2013b; Cawood et...subduction of the Garzê-Litang Ocean beneath the eastern Zhongza Terrane (Hou et al. 2003, 2004), and it...Muscovite; Bi, Biotite; Ky, Kyanite; Q, Quartz; Alm, Almandine; Af, Alkali feldspar; Chl, Chlorite. system connected...outside Cathaysia, such as northern India, eastern Antarctica or western Australia (Wan et al. 2007; Yu...external source regions (e.g. northern India, eastern Antarctica and western Australia), because the detrital
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Mafic Dyke Swarm in the Archaean Vestfold Block, Antarctica: Inferences about Proterozoic Dyke Emplacement...ABSTRACT Archaean gneisses in the Vestfold Block, Antarctica are cut by abundant tholeiite and rare alkaline...source region. 2400 Ma high-Mg dykes in Enderby Land have virtually identical chemical and isotopic compositions...Shield (James & Tingey, 1983), is situated on the eastern shore of Prydz Bay, occupying a relatively ice-free...adjacent outcrops in the Rauer Islands and Prydz Bay coast to the south (see Fig. 1) is given in Table 1. The
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India, Sri Lanka and the Liitzow-HolmBay of Eastern Antarctica. Sri Lanka may have been located at the junction...Granulite Terrain (SGT); Fig. 1)] and the eastern coast (the Eastern Ghats Belt; Dobmeier & Raith 2002). Unravelling...showed that the Southern Granulite Terrain and the Eastern Ghats Belt underwent pervasive metamorphism at...with such an idealized notion. The Biligirirangan Hills are a clear continuation of the old Archaean Dharwar...whereas the other 'Archaean' domains (the Nilgiri Hills, and the Krishnagiri-Salem and Chennai areas) seem
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tectonic settings ranging from Archean cratons (e.g. Antarctica, Algeria, Siberia) to younger mobile belts including...AFR, Africa; IND, India; AUS, Australia; ANT, Antarctica; NAM, North America; SIB, Siberia; BAL, Baltica;...Angara; NHO, Ca, Capricorn; Ci, Central Indian; Eg, Eastern Ghats; Fo, Fox; Gf, Great Falls; Ke, Ketilidian;...Un, Ungava; Vo, Volhyn; Wb, Windmill Islands–Bunger Hills; Wo, Wopmay; Yv, Yavapai (after Kusky et al...considered to have formed through the suturing of the Eastern and Western blocks along the Central Orogenic Zone
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Petrochronology of the Terre Adélie Craton (East Antarctica) evidences a long-lasting Proterozoic (1.7–1...Petrochronology of the Terre Adélie Craton (East Antarctica) evidences a long-lasting Proterozoic (1.7–1...ofJournal the Terre Pre-proof Adélie Craton (East Antarctica) evidences a long-lasting Proterozoic (1.7-1...re Saint-Etienne, France. lP Keywords: East Antarctica, 40Ar/39Ar dating, shear zones, HT metamorphism...Shear Zone along with thrust motions within the eastern Terre Adélie Craton. In this paper, we present
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1985 with his map of the McMurdo Sound area of Antarctica. We are pleased to republish these paintings...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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east fcrd INTRODUCTION d .Wrevttioms =albite =almandine = andalusite =annite = aluminosilicate =biotite...south-westdirected, ductile thrusting only minor effects on eastern Mt Stafford area Upright southcast-trending F,...They are possibly equivalent to F3 in the south-eastern Reynolds Range, but are presently interpreted as...photograph is 0.7 mm. (e) Sample 2064 from the eastern Mt Stafford area (Fig. l), showing S, biotite,...photograph is 1.75 mm. ( f ) Sample 2064 from the eastern Mt Stafford area (Fig. 1). showing S,biotite, sillimanite
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suites, from the Brattstrand Bluffs coastline, eastern Antarctica, have similar field relations, transport...suite of granulite-grade migmatites fi'om eastern Antarctica. Monazite and zircon equilibrium saturation...portion of the East Antarctic Shield on the southern coast of Prydz Bay, the Brattstrand Bluffs Coastline (Fig...Group (Harley 1988) to the west and the Larsemann Hills (Stuwe and Powell 1989) to the east. The Brattstrand...orthogneisses ' I~ 2 _ ' ~.;4~'~~: Vestfold Hills _., Rauer Group I ~::reaznic ~'!'@~ BRATTSTRAND~
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compositions tend towards higher pyrope and lower almandine contents compared with the rim compositions. Compositional...MnO with a typical composition dominated by the almandine (XAlm ¼ 051), grossular (XGrs ¼ 021) and spessartine...garnet composition (Table 2) is dominated by almandine (XAlm ¼ 061–073) followed by pyrope (XPrp ¼...AlIV AlVI 0.03 0.53 38.55 0.00 Ti Fe2þ Mn Ca Almandine Andradite Grossular Pyrope Spessartine in the...I-type granitoids mapped in detail in Fig. 2b. The land area together with Sugarloaf and Corcovado is shown
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zone of high strain rocks within the NE-trending eastern Albany–Fraser Orogen) indicate at least two high-grade...envisaged c. 1400–900 Ma amalgamation of East Antarctica, Australia, India and southern Africa along a...between the CEAMB and the Grenville Province of eastern North America (Moores, 1991). However, more recent...supercontinent assembly. Exposed along the southern coast of Western Australia, the arcuate Albany–Fraser...segment (Albany Mobile Belt) and a NE–SW trending eastern segment (Fraser Mobile Belt). Harris (1995) argued
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granites of the Chotanagpur Granite Gneissic Complex, eastern India Kuhu Chakraborty1 | Arijit Ray2 | Amitava...Grenvillian orogeny around 1.0 Ga is preserved in the eastern part of India in the form of large‐scale syn‐collisional...be correlated with that in the Rayner Complex–Eastern Ghats Belt in the Indo‐Antarctic sector, which... 2001), North Singhbhum Mobile Belt (NSMB) in eastern India granitoids will help to reconstruct the...Bhattacharya, Misra, Dasgupta, & Altermann, 2007), and Eastern outcome of the present work will possibly help
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of the Chilka Lake granulite complex, northern Eastern Ghats Belt, India: First evidence of ~ 780 Ma decompression...the deep crust and its implication on the India–Antarctica correlation S. Bose a,⁎, K. Das b, J. Torimoto...online xxxx Keywords: Chilka Lake granulite complex Eastern Ghats Belt Decompression Rayner Complex Rodinia...Chilka Lake granulite complex, northern part of the Eastern Ghats Belt show complex structural and petrological...northern Eastern Ghats Belt. Our data show that the two adjacent crustal domains of the Eastern Ghats Belt
 
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