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Cordierite from
Rayner Complex, Mac Robertson Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica


Locality type:Complex
Classification
Species:Cordierite
Formula:(Mg,Fe)2Al3(AlSi5O18)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Cordierite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Rayner Complex, Mac Robertson Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:321915
Long-form Identifier:1:3:321915:7
GUID (UUID V4):a63b713a-d1f6-4266-88f3-d8ec8330f25d
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Gokavaram Area, Eastern Ghats Belt, and its Relation with the Kemp Land Coast, East Antarctica Somnath Dasgupta'...histories of the Kemp Land Coast (east Antarctica) and Gokavaram area (Eastern Ghats), that were supposed...tlie absence of sufficient isotopic data on tlie Eastern Ghats granulites, we document a remarkable similarity...two supposedly erstwhile neighbours. Key Words: Eastern Ghats, Indo-Antarctic correlation, Pan-African...reconstructions from the Mesoproterozoic to Mesozoic, the Eastern Ghats Belt along the east coast of India (Fig.
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Bastar–Dharwar craton, the Yilgarn craton, the Napier Complex, and the Vestfold Hills has been identified from...separation of the Yilgarn craton and the Napier Complex, respectively, to form a proto-Indo-Antarctic ocean...the collision of the Lambert Terrane of East Antarctica and the Bastar–Dharwar craton. This collision...southern domain of the Eastern Ghats and the Oygardens domain of East Antarctica. The third extensional...a series of basins on the western side of the Eastern Ghats (the Chhatisgarh, Khariar, Ampani, Indravati
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METAMORPHIC TERRAIN: LATE PROTEROZOIC DATES FROM THE EASTERN GHATS PROVINCE OF INDIA EDWARD S. GREW Department...metamorphic terrain: late Proterozoic dates from the Eastern Ghats Province of India. Precambrian Res., 33:...perrierite and zircons in two samples from the Eastern Ghats Province of South India, a sapphirine-bearing...late Proterozoic granulite-facies event in the Eastern Ghats Province. In reassemblies of Gondwanaland...proposal, the Eastern Ghats Province is juxtaposed against a high-grade terrain in East Antarctica affected
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Manuscript Title: Multi-stage metamorphism in the Rayner–Eastern Ghats Terrane: P–T–t constraints from the northern...northern Prince Charles Mountains, east Antarctica Author: Laura J. Morrissey Martin Hand David E. Kelsey...from the northern Prince Charles Mountains, east Antarctica, Precambrian Research (2015), http://dx.doi.org/10... Highlights ip t cr us an M - ed - The Rayner Complex preserves protracted metamorphic history during...thermal gradients are similar to those in the Eastern Ghats Province in India. pt - Ac ce 1 2 3 4
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geochronology in the western part of the Rayner Complex, East Antarctica Kenji HORIE*,**,†, Tomokazu HOKADA*...of the Rayner Complex of western Enderby Land, East Antarctica, in order to define the eastern limits...limits of the western Rayner Complex that underwent the Pan–African metamorphism and to evaluate potential...previously reported metamorphism in association with Rayner Structural Episode (RSE). Mt. Yuzhnaya samples...in the Rayner Complex of western Enderby Land. There is no evidence of reworked Napier Complex rocks in
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in the northern Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica Xiaochun Liu, Yue Zhao, Hong Chen, Biao Song...in the northern Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica, Precambrian Research (2017), doi: http://dx...in the northern Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica Xiaochun Liua,*, Yue Zhao a, Hong Chena, Biao...in East Antarctica represent the largest continuously exposed section of the Rayner Complex and may provide...important insights into the tectonic evolution of the Rayner orogen. We present new U–Pb and Hf isotopic data
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
metamorphism in MacRobertson and Kemp Lands, east Antarctica J. A. HALPIN,1 G. L. CLARKE,1 R. W. WHITE2* AND...assemblages from the MacRobertson Land coastline, Rayner Complex, east Antarctica, are consistent with an ÔanticlockwiseÕ...is distinct from that of rocks in adjacent Kemp Land, 50 km to the west, where a ÔclockwiseÕ P–T–t path...accommodated in younger, fertile crust (MacRobertson Land) involving metasediments and felsic plutons with...transfer of strain to adjacent older crust (Kemp Land) subsequent to charnockite emplacement. Key words:
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Cambrian High-temperature Reworking of the Rayner–Eastern Ghats Terrane: Constraints from the Northern...Northern Prince Charles Mountains Region, East Antarctica Laura J. Morrissey1,*, Martin Hand1, David E. Kelsey1...Mountains–East Amery Ice Shelf region of the Rayner Complex, East Antarctica, record high-temperature reworking...c assemblages formed during the c. 1000–900 Ma Rayner Orogeny. The spatial distribution of reworking...anhydrous residual rock compositions inherited from the Rayner Orogeny were relatively inert to reworking during
Report (chapter)
on March 6, 2015 Geosciences research in East Antarctica (088E – 6088E): present status and future perspectives...palaeoenvironmental and palaeogeographical studies, Antarctica plays a unique role in our understanding of the...of East Antarctica, especially in the Dronning Maud Land and Enderby Land regions. Enderby Land preserves...Mesoproterozoic to Palaeozoic history of Dronning Maud Land is extremely important in understanding the formation...Present understanding of the evolution of East Antarctica in terms of global tectonics allows us to visualize
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Mawson Escarpment, Prince Charles Mountains, Antarctica Adrian F. Corvino a,∗ , Christopher J.L. Wilson...2010 Keywords: Rayner Belt Prydz Belt Lambert Complex Palaeoproterozoic East Antarctica Rodinia a b s...Palaeoproterozoic basement rocks of the Lambert Complex, which are best exposed in the North Mawson Escarpment...escarpment, we conclude that rocks of the Lambert Complex were stacked by oblique northward overthrusting...when this continental fragment of pre-Rodinia Antarctica collided with India around 960–905 m.y. ago.
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assemblages and corona textures from MacRobertson land, east Antarctica: the importance of Fe203and TiOz in accounting...metasedimentary gneisses exposed in MacRobertson Land, east Antarctica, include hercynitic spinel-bearing metapelitic...sillimanite +garnet + cordierite, orthopyroxene + magnetite + ilmenite + garnet, spinel + cordierite + biotite +...+ ilmenite and orthopyroxene + cordierite + biotite, each with quartz, K-feldspar and melt. The presence...presence of garnet+ biotite- and cordierite + orthopyroxene-bearing assemblages implies crossing tie-lines
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Point, Enderby land, Antarctica: implications for the evolution of the Archaean Napier Complex S . 1. HARLEY’...age from Forefinger Point, S W Enderby Land, East Antarctica, contain very-high-temperature granulite...involving sapphirine, orthopyroxene (6-7wt% Al,O,), cordierite and sometimes spinel at the expense of porphyroblastic...subsequent formation of orthopyroxene (4-6 wt% Al,03)-cordierite-plagioclase rinds on late biotite. The early...granulites by the Late-Proterozoic (c. loo0 Ma) Rayner Complex metamorphism, but the age and timing of the
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Evolution of the Chilka Lake granulite complex, northern Eastern Ghats Belt, India: First evidence of ~...the deep crust and its implication on the India–Antarctica correlation S. Bose a,⁎, K. Das b, J. Torimoto...Chilka Lake granulite complex Eastern Ghats Belt Decompression Rayner Complex Rodinia a b s t r a c...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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ARCHAEAN CRUST IN THE RAYNER COMPLEX, MacROBERTSON AND KEMP LAND COAST, EAST ANTARCTICA GEOFFREY L. CLARKE*...Archaean crust in the Rayner Complex, MacRobertson and Kemp Land coast, East Antarctica. Precambrian Res....rocks exposed along the MacRobertson and east Kemp Land coasts consist of, in the west, Archaean gneisses...the final event. These three events comprise the Rayner Structural Episode, which was a consequence of...westward toward a stable Archaean block, the Napier Complex. Kinematic indicators are consistent with formation
Report (chapter)
Archaean-Cambrian crustal development of East Antarctica: metamorphic characteristics and tectonic implications...Archaean-Cambrian crustal development of East Antarctica: metamorphic characteristics and tectonic implications...recognized from four distinct belts: the Dronning Maud Land, LtRzow-Holm Bay, Prydz Bay and Denman Glacier Belts...Mesoproterozoic and Neoproterozoic crustal provinces (Maud, Rayner and Wilkes), the Rauer Terrane, and have also marginally...affected Archaean cratonic remnants in the Napier Complex and southern Prince Charles Mountains. The Wilkes
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metamorphic rocks in the Field Islands area, East Antarctica LANCE P . BLACK, Bureau of Mineral Resources...area, East Antarctica, was substantially similar to that of the adjacent Archaean Napier Complex, though...reflect the area’s proximity to the Proterozoic Rayner Complex and consequent vulnerability to tectonic process...subsequent E-W tectonic trend of the nearby Rayner Complex; (3) selective retrogression by a postD, static...deformation involved in the formation of the Rayner Complex a t about 1100 Ma. The area was subsequently
Report (chapter)
London, Special Publications The Mesoproterozoic Rayner Province in the Lambert Glacier area: its age,...isotopic structure and implications for Australia−Antarctica correlations E. V. Mikhalsky, J. W. Sheraton...Chicago on October 15, 2014 The Mesoproterozoic Rayner Province in the Lambert Glacier area: its age,...isotopic structure and implications for Australia –Antarctica correlations E. V. MIKHALSKY1*, J. W. SHERATON2...(e-mail: emikhalsky@mail.ru) Abstract: Within the Rayner Province in the Lambert Glacier area, two Proterozoic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
path for spinel-bearing metapelites in Rayagada, Eastern Ghats, India R. K. Shaw and M. Arima Geological...spinel-bearing metapelites from Rayagada, in the Eastern Ghats Belt, India: the first, an iron-rich assemblage...by iron-poor spinel and garnet, together with cordierite and hematite. Garnet and sillimanite coronas...in den Fe-armen Gesteinen. 1. Introduction The Eastern Ghats Belt is a high-grade terrain, composed of...an anticlockwise P-T path for some areas in the Eastern Ghats Belt. Combined structural and petrological
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reworking of UHT aluminous granulites from the Eastern Ghats Belt, India KAUSHIK DAS 1*, SANKAR BOSE 2...suite of granulites from the central part of the Eastern Ghats Belt (EGB), India unveils polyphase tectonothermal...those recorded in the rocks of the Rayner Complex of east Antarctica, thereby strengthening the notion...29 March 2010 KEY WORDS deep crustal reworking; Eastern Ghats Belt; India; UHT aluminous granulites; zircon...Napier Complex in east Antarctica (Harley and Hensen, 1990; Harley, 2003) and the Proterozoic Eastern Ghats
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orthoamphibolebearing gneisses from Enderby Land, east Antarctica: a record of Proterozoic uplift S I M O...vicinity of shear zones in Casey Bay, Enderby Land, Antarctica, record both the overprinting of Archaean...anitequartz and later orthoamphibole -garnet-cordierite-quartz assemblages are used together with interpretation...path is correlated with the general effects of Rayner Complex metamorphism and deformation which occurred...orogenic belt south of Casey Bay. Key-words: Antarctica; metamorphism; orthoamphibole; pressure-temperature
Report (chapter)
the Mt. Riiser-Larsen area of the Napier Complex, East Antarctica: tectonic implications as deduced from...the Mt. Riiser-Larsen area of the Napier Complex, East Antarctica: tectonic implications as deduced from...Riiser-Larsen area of the Archaean Napier Complex, East Antarctica, of which the north–south-striking dykes...dykes reported from other areas of the Napier Complex suggests that the north– south-striking dykes occur...to the formation of continental crust of the Rayner Complex. Proterozoic dykes of basic to intermediate
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tectonically reworked orogen, Rayner Complex, Colbeck Archipelago, east Antarctica Richard W. White and Geoffrey...~ 920 Ma. Events D2-4 comprise the Proterozoic Rayner Structural Episode, which is characterized regionally...High-grade gneisses forming the 1.2-1.0 Ga Rayner Complex (Kamenev, 1972; Sheraton et al., 1980) in Kemp...Kemp and MacRobertson Lands, east Antarctica involve Archaean rocks that were tectonically reworked at...granulite facies conditions during the Proterozoic Rayner Structural Episode (Sheraton et al., 1980; Sandiford
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the pre-drift East Gondwana super-continent. In Antarctica, structural, petrological and geochronological...(grey gneiss of Ravindra Kumar et al., 1985), cordierite - garnet gneiss and leptynites (Sen and Bhattacharya...Karnataka and Tamil Nadu and is more akin to the Eastern Ghats Granulite Belt. Signature of polyphase deformation...Shear Zone of Drury et al. (1984) forms the north-eastern boundary of the Kerala Khondalite Belt or the Western...pre-drift East Gondwana. In the granulite terrain of Antarctica there is ample evidence of Proterozoicreworking
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evolution of Mt. Riiser-Larsen, Napier Complex, East Antarctica, with reference to the UHT mineral associations...evolution of Mt. Riiser-Larsen, Napier Complex, East Antarctica, with reference to the UHT mineral associations...the Archaean–early Proterozoic Napier Complex, East Antarctica. The area is structurally divided into...retrograde reaction textures, which include growth of cordierite and/or garnet between sapphirine and quartz in...reaction sapphirine þ quartz (þ orthopyroxene) ¼ cordierite (1) sapphirine þ quartz (þ orthopyroxene) ¼
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granulites in the Ross Orogen of northern Victoria Land (Antarctica), II. Geochemistry and palaeo-tectonic implications...to the _ IOOO-Ma-old Mawson Charnockite of Mac Robertson Land. Despite significant chemical modifications...rocks of the Proterozoic mobile belts of East Antarctica support the idea that the relict granulite rocks...Early Palaeozoic Ross Orogen of northern Victoria Land. This paper presents the results of a geochemical...and charno-enderbite, garnet-orthopyroxene + cordierite metasedimentary granulites and meta-igneous mafic
 
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