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Enstatite from
Dufek Massif, Pensacola Mountains, Queen Elizabeth Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica


Locality type:Massif
Classification
Species:Enstatite
Formula:Mg2Si2O6
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Enstatite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Dufek Massif, Pensacola Mountains, Queen Elizabeth Land, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:993490
Long-form Identifier:1:3:993490:0
GUID (UUID V4):97c3ae18-92e5-4106-8d39-407f846db7ba
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The Transantarctic Mountains These watercolor paintings by Dee Molenaar were originally published...1985 with his map of the McMurdo Sound area of Antarctica. We are pleased to republish these paintings...Faure · Teresa M. Mensing The Transantarctic Mountains Rocks, Ice, Meteorites and Water Gunter Faure...tent camp in the Mesa Range of northern Victoria Land at the foot of Mt. Masley. Printed on acid-free...the Transantarctic Mountains during the 1969/1970 field season. Prolog Antarctica! The very word brings
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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 tecÂŹ 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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Silicic Segregations of the Ferrar Dolerite Sills, Antarctica KARINA ZAVALA1*, ALISON M. LEITCH2 AND GEORGE...Basement Sill, one of the Ferrar Dolerite Sills in Antarctica, contain sharply defined, coarse-grained, leucocratic...as an elongate belt along the Transantarctic Mountains and has been interpreted as forming in a failed...volume of rock in the FLIP, which also includes the Dufek layered mafic intrusion, pyroclastic rocks and the...1994; Fleming et al., 1997). Two sills and the Dufek intrusion have been dated at 183·6 1·8 Ma, based
Report (issue)
Sheets of the Taylor Glacier Region Victoria Land, Antarctica GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL Work done...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...Heights area, Victoria Land, Antarctica.__________ In pocket Index map of Antarctica. -_________________
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symposium devoted almost entirely to Proterozoic massif-type anorthosites. A more recent collection of...11 South America ..................... 2.12.12 Antarctica ........................ 2.13 Origin of Archean...74 74 74 76 78 79 80 81 Chapter 3 Proterozoic Massif-Type Anorthosites ...... 82 3.1 Introduction........... 168 Layered Intrusions Related (?) to Massif-Type Anorthosite .................. 169 3.12.1...Complex, Minnesota ..... 171 3.12.4 The Glen Mountains Layered Complex, Oklahoma ...................
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northern Potgietersrus lobe, the western and eastern lobes and a hidden sequence in the 4 southeast...Buchanan (193?). of the Outcrop is good in the eastern lobe of the Bushveld Complex (Fig. 1.2) but surface...much of the geology in the western lobe. In the eastern and western lobes the rocks form a sequence 8 km...ChromĂźte Mine showing the Critical zone rocks in the eastern limb typical of the outcrop Bushveld The level...world. Placer platinum deposits were discovered Mountains in 1819, north of Sverdlovsk. in the central
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Structures related to thrust faults in the Stansbury Mountains, Utah, by E. W. Tooker and R. J. Roberts____________...from the Thurston Island-Eights Coast area, West Antarctica, by A. A. Drake, Jr., R. F. Marvin, T. W. Stern...measurements on two rock glaciers in the eastern Elk Mountains, Colo., by Bruce Bryant_-_-------------...differentiated gabbroic body, the Dufek intrusion, Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica, by M. E. Beck, Jr., and N...STRUCTURES RELATED TO THRUST FAULTS IN THE STANSBURY MOUNTAINS, UTAH By E. W. TOOKER and R. Abstr aot.- Structural
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becomes manifest as conversion of forsterite to enstatite or serpentine. These layers can be up to 500 m...with arclike characteristics, the Central and Eastern Lau Spreading Centers (CLSC and ELSC) erupts MORB-like...within the Bardarbunga volcanic system of the Eastern Rift Zone, Iceland. The lava has a high content...MORB-like (~ 8 Ra or less) in the MTJ and north eastern seamounts that occur relatively close (500-600...20 mantle xenoliths from east Australia, west Antarctica, Jordan, Yemen and Greenland. The xenoliths include
Book (edition)
the number of terms beginning with “northern”, “eastern”, “northwestern”, “south-central”, etc., is limited...term, e.g., Oceanographic areas, and small areas on land. These coordinates were found in atlases, or obtained...broader terms are omitted. Examples are omission of Eastern U.S. and North America from the broader terms of...Before 1985, also search Abee AND meteorites. BA enstatite chondrites chondrites stony meteorites BT meteorites...troleum Geologists SA associations Geoloof Pe- Aar Massif BT Switzerland Aar Valley River valley in central
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stratigraphy Devonian, Ariege, Saint-Barthelemy massif The indexer who prepared this entry was supposed...the specific Terms "Ariege" and "Saint-Barthelemy massif." UnconÂŹ trolled Terms were permitted on the third...the number of Terms beginning with "northern", "eastern", "northwestern", "southcentral", etc., is limited...South America Specific lakes, rivers, faults and mountains which are within a country have that country as...Association of Petroleum Geologists BT associations Aar Massif BT Switzerland Aar Valley River valley in central
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Mineral-resources studies ________________ Northern Rocky Mountains _ _______________ Stratigraphic studies of Mesozoic...geology. ________________________ Southern Rocky Mountains. _________________ Precambrian rocks of Colorado...reservoirs_--_-__---___----_ 133 Evapotranspiration from land surfaces. _______ 133 Evapotranspiration by phreatophytes__...Distribution of minor elements as related to health- _ A158 Land subsidence______-____ __ __ _ _________ 158 Astrogeology...Korea_______ ______________________________ 184 Antarctica _____________________________________ 185 Topographic
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assessments ______________ Mineral-resources assessment of land areas _____ Geologic studies of mineral districts..._________________ Alaska ________________________ Rocky Mountains and Great Plains ________ Great Basin and California...__________________ Missouri ________________________ Rocky Mountains and the Great Plains _ — _ — ___ Economic geology...Regional geologic investigations—Continued Rocky Mountains and the Great Plains—Continued Environmental geology...Classification and evaluation of mineral lands _ Classified land __________________ Known geologic structures of
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__ Topical studies-____----_---_-______________ Land subsidence.___________________________ Floods__...Mississippi embayment _ New England and eastern New York ______________ Eastern New York__________________________...___ Georgia__________________________________ Eastern plateaus______________________________ New York_...consin__________________________________ Northern Rocky Mountains and plains..._____..___ Washington. _________...________________________________ Southern Rocky Mountains and plains__________ Nebraska and Wyoming.____________________
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orthopyroxene-rich magma in the Basement Sill, Antarctica, is an excellent example (e.g., BĂ©dard et al...Regionally, the Bushveld Complex is subdivided into the eastern, western, far western, southern and northern lobes...the Bushveld Complex, deïŹned largely from the eastern and western limbs, has been subdivided into a basal...Bushveld Complex. (a) Stratigraphic sections from the eastern lobe and its underlying metamorphic aureole showing...unusually large discordant pipe-like bodies. In the eastern lobe, three of these, the Onverwacht, Mooihoek
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mineral-resources assessments Mineral-resource assessments of land areas __________ Geologic studies of mineral districts...Global studies _______________________________ Eastern coal ________________________________ Stratigraphy..._____ Offshore Alaska _____________________ Rocky Mountains and Great Plains _______ Great Basin and California...Tectonics and stratigraphy Mineral resources Rocky Mountains and the Great Plains Stratigraphy Igneous rocks...evaluation of mineral lands _________ Classified land ______________________________ Known Geologic Structures
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mineral-resources assessments Mineral-resource assessments of land areas __________ Geologic studies of mineral districts...Global studies _______________________________ Eastern coal ________________________________ Stratigraphy..._____ Offshore Alaska _____________________ Rocky Mountains and Great Plains _______ Great Basin and California...Tectonics and stratigraphy Mineral resources Rocky Mountains and the Great Plains Stratigraphy Igneous rocks...evaluation of mineral lands _________ Classified land ______________________________ Known Geologic Structures
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other activities-such as lease management, Federal land classification and evaluation, the preparation of...---------------------------Utah -----------------------------Eastern United States -------------Geothermal computer...-Nebraska -----------------------------Rocky Mountains --------------------------Mineral-resource studies...and evaluation of mineral lands __ 108 Classified land -------------------------109 Known Geologic Structures...----------------------132 Volcanic rocks in the Eastern United States ----------------------133 Chemistry
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that will assist the Nation to use and conserve the land and its physical resources wisely. They are wide...quality, environmental impact of mineral resources, land-use analysis, earthquake hazards reduction, subsidence...ebraska and Kansas --------------------Rocky Mountains ----------------------------Stratigraphic studies...geology -------------------------S.tudies related to land use and environment_____ Urban geologic studies...-------------Environmental geoehemistry ------------------Land submdence -----------------------------Jlstrogeology
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processes, history, and physical resources, including land, fuels, minerals, and water. These studies are expanding...applicable to the assessment of Earth resources and land-use analysis; to explore new domains such as underground...intelligent planning and decisionmaking in the use of the land and its resources and in meeting the needs of the...------------------------------ 31 Northern Rocky Mountains ---------------------- 31 Mineral-resource studies...ic studies --------------- 36 Southern Rocky Mountains ---------------------- 37 Mineral-resource studies
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mineral-resource assessments Mineral-resource assessments of land areas _________ Geologic studies of mining districts...investigations. Coal resources data system _. Eastern coal ____________ Western coal _____________ Geochemistry..._______________ Geologic history ________________ Rocky Mountains and the Great Plains_ _ Stratigraphic studies...and evaluation of mineral lands _______ Classified land _____________________________ Known Geologic Structures...water quality Environmental geochemistry _______ Land subsidence ________________ Hazards information
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mineral-resource assessments Mineral-resource assessments of land areas _________ Geologic studies of mining districts...investigations. Coal resources data system _. Eastern coal ____________ Western coal _____________ Geochemistry..._______________ Geologic history ________________ Rocky Mountains and the Great Plains_ _ Stratigraphic studies...and evaluation of mineral lands _______ Classified land _____________________________ Known Geologic Structures...water quality Environmental geochemistry _______ Land subsidence ________________ Hazards information
Book (edition)
north to south 14. Oceania 15. Australia 16. Antarctica 17. South America The localities section includes...(Verespatik). In Russia, gold is found on the eastern slope of the Ural Mts. for a distance of 500 miles...VHN = 1380-159. R = 92.3; weakly anisotropic. Eastern Transbaikal, Russia, in albitized granite in association...accessory mineral in some iron meteorites and enstatite chondrites. Recorded in metallic particles in...25. A trace constituent in meteorites, in some enstatite chondrites and achondrites. BM DI:124, MM 26:36(1941)
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mineral-resource assessments___ Mineral-resource assessments land areas__________ Geologic studies of mining districts......................................... Rocky Mountains and the Great Plains.........___.......... Basin...Effects of pollutants on water quality.____________ Land subsidence_______________________ Hazards information...Applications to hydrologic studies______________ Land use and environmental impact._______________ Long...Indian Affairs BLM_. ___ ____ . ___ ... Bureau of Land Management BOD_____ .. _ __ . ___ .biochemical oxygen
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mineral-resource assessments___ Mineral-resource assessments land areas__________ Geologic studies of mining districts......................................... Rocky Mountains and the Great Plains.........___.......... Basin...Effects of pollutants on water quality.____________ Land subsidence_______________________ Hazards information...Applications to hydrologic studies______________ Land use and environmental impact._______________ Long...Indian Affairs BLM_. ___ ____ . ___ ... Bureau of Land Management BOD_____ .. _ __ . ___ .biochemical oxygen
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vivianite, Bolivia; ( center, right) topaz, Thomas Mountains, Utah; (lower le ft) rhodochrosite, N'Chwaning...Hittero, Norway; in the Vishnevye and Ilmenskie mountains, Urals, USSR; and at Bayun-Obo, China. SELECTED...near Pizbucendro, Switzerland; in the Ilmenskie Mountains, Urals, USSR; and at localities in Madagascar... Utah; Red Cloud fluorite mine, Gallinas 7 Mountains, New Mexico; Wheal Alfred, Phillaok, Cornwall...small cavities in "gummite" at Margnac, in the Massif Central, France. SELECTED REFERENCE: Cesbron, F
 
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